Roger Fry, "Virginia Woolf"

Roger Fry, Virginia Woolf, c.1911-12.

The authentic image above comes from a 2014 article in Country Life magazine about an exhibit at the National Gallery, London. The exhibit, which featured works inspired by Virginia Woolf, was very popular at the time, and attracted a lot of public interest and press coverage. Most copies of the painting are fairly close to the original, but some take more liberties than others, as in the example below. The updated version is overly blue, which could be the result of a photo edit, but also might also indicate that it's a recently painted reproduction.

Altered version of a painting by Roger Fry.

As a side note, the painting shown below,  by Woolf's sister, artist Vanessa Bell, also appeared in the National Gallery exhibit. It looks oddly similar to the Fry painting, and was painted around the same time; in fact, Woolf seems to be wearing the same outfit. So far, I personally haven't seen any evidence of someone confusing the two works, but a mix-up certainly is possible. The photo comes from an article in the Independent about the Virigina Woolf exhibit.

Vanessa Bell, Virginia Woolf, c.1912; ©Estate of Vanessa Bell, Courtesy Henrietta Garnett.

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