Cressida Bell

Female, Person

1959 –

64

Who is Cressida Bell?

Cressida Bell is an English artist and designer, specializing in textiles and interiors and cake decoration.

She is the daughter of critic, author and artist Quentin Bell and Anne Olivier Bell. She is the granddaughter of Vanessa Bell and grandniece of Virginia Woolf.

She studied at Middlesex Polytechnic, Saint Martins School of Art and finally at the Royal College of Art in London, where she graduated in 1984 with an MA in textile design.

Her work is influenced by the heritage of the Bloomsbury Group. The collections at Charleston Farmhouse were a strong influence on her.

Bell currently decorates cakes for a living, publishing a book Cressida Bell’s Cake Design in 2013.

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Born
1959
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Nationality
  • England
Education
  • Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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