Background
Her mother, Ruby, was of Swiss-German origin.
Her mother, Ruby, was of Swiss-German origin.
Slade School of Fine Artist
Foreign most of Julia"s life she lived in England, where she worked as a model at Poiret, as a photographer and as a publisher"s reader, before she embarked upon a career in novel-writing. She is perhaps best remembered for her work Cheerful Weather for the Wedding, a book originally published by the Hogarth Press and recently reprinted by Persephone Books. Julia Strachey spent the first six years of her life in India before travelling to London.
Julia in turn developed an intimate friendship with Alys, whom she affectionately referred to as "Aunty Loo".
Smith"s unusual and often wicked sense of humour was to have a lasting effect on Julia"s literary style. In 1932 the eccentric and witty Cheerful Weather for the Wedding was published by the Hogarth Press.
These unique experiences had a strong influence on her fiction. In 1927 Julia married the sculptor Stephen Tomlin, who created busts of Lytton Strachey and Virginia Woolf.
They separated in 1934.
During this period, Julia made a living by writing short stories for magazines. lieutenant was also the beginning of her novel-writing career. In 1939, she met the artist (and later critic) Lawrence Gowing, who was, at the time, only 21 years old.
There is very little information relating to Julia Strachey"s death, except for the fact that it took place in 1979.
Until 1964, Julia was also an avid member of Bloomsbury"s Memoir Club, where she and its other members discussed and wrote about their shared memories.