Anne Olivier Bell MBE (née Popham; 22 June 1916 – 18 July 2018) was an English art scholar.

As a member of the Monuments Men, she was responsible for the protection of cultural artefacts in Europe during the Second World War and earned the military rank of Major.

In 1967, they moved to Cobbe Place in Beddingham, when Bell was made Professor of Art History and Theory at the University of Sussex.

[1] Anne was compiling a study of Rubens as a research associate of a German historian in London[7] when the war broke out.

She was a research assistant in the photographs division and then in the publications department, where she published documentation on the British war effort.

[7] In 1945, Anne became one of the Monuments Men, seeking to prevent the destruction of cultural artefacts in Germany, and to restore artworks stolen by the Nazis.

[7] Anne invited Franz Wolff-Metternich, a curator of historical monuments and an art professor, to the officers' club.

[7] A detailed wartime biography of Maj. Anne Bell's contribution to the MFAA, as well as her pre and post war life, is maintained by the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art.

After the death of Duncan Grant in 1978, Anne was instrumental in establishing a charitable trust to preserve the property.

[11] While the British government did not initially acknowledge the efforts of the Monument Men, the US established a foundation to recognise them, and Anne was lauded in 2007 for her contributions.