Anne Olivier Bell

English art scholar, member of Bloomsbury Group and Monuments Men,

Anne Olivier Bell (née Popham; 22 June 1916 – 18 July 2018) was an art scholar. She was part of the Bloomsbury Group. She was best known for editing the diaries of Virginia Woolf. As a member of the Monuments Men, she was responsible for the protection of cultural artefacts in Europe during the Second World War.

Anne Olivier Bell

BornAnne Olivier Popham
(1916-06-22)June 22, 1916
London
DiedJuly 18, 2018(2018-07-18) (aged 102)[1]
Firle, East Sussex
OccupationArt scholar, editor
NationalityEnglish
Period1945—1947 (Monuments Men); 1972–1984 (editor)
SubjectBloomsbury group
SpouseQuentin Bell (b. 1910, d. 1996)
RelativesVirginia Nicholson (daughter)
Cressida Bell (daughter)
Julian Bell (son)[1]

Bell died on 18 July 2018 in Firle, East Sussex, aged 102.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Charles Saumarez Smith (19 July 2018). "Anne Olivier Bell obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

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