Stanley spencer

Stanley Spencer, (English painter, 1891 – 1959) Love Letters Stanley Spencer, (English painter, 1891 – 1959) Adjusting the Collar Stanley Spencer, (English painter, 1891-1959) The Chest of Drawers 1936 Stanley Spencer, (English painter, 1891-1959) Dusting the Shelves 1936 Stanley Spencer, (English painter, 1891 – 1959) Hilda and I at Pond Street Stanley Spencer, (English painter, 1891 – 1959) Hilda with Bluebells 1955 Stanley Spencer, (English painter, 1891 – 1959) Stanley Spencer, (English…

Paintings by the visionary British artist that were bought by his friends and admirers have been gathered together for a show in his beloved Berkshire village

Hilda and I at Burghclere

Stanley Spencer's home in Cookham was the inspiration for many of his works. He loved his fabulous vision of it, but life wasn't so happy in fact. Read about this complex man; most definitely troubled, whose history can be read in his paintings.

“Amaryllis by Stanley Spencer 1951 (Private Collection). Chauntry Court (home of Dr Osmund Frank and his family), Maidenhead, Berkshire.”

Stanley Spencer, (English painter, 1891 – 1959) Workmen in the House 1935 Stanley Spencer, (English painter, 1891 – 1959) Workmen in the House 1935 Stanley Spencer painted men working for decades. He was an Official War Artist in both World Wars. His great cycle of wall paintings in the National Trust Sandham Memorial Chapel, Burghclere commemorate his experiences in the RAMC and infantry during the First World War. Stanley Spencer, (English painter, 1891 – 1959) Shipbuilding on the Clyde…

Oil on canvas; 121.5 x 122.5 cm. Sir Stanley Spencer was one of the leading painters in England between the World Wars. He used an expressively distorted style of drawing and often drew upon Christian subjects. Spencer studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London from 1908 to 1912, and he first exhibited at the New English Art Club. He frequently used his hometown, Cookham, as a setting for his paintings, many of which were based on biblical themes. From 1915 to 1918 Spencer served in…

The most striking thing about the Stanley Spencer exhibition Of Angels and Dirt, which has just opened at The Hepworth Wakefield, is the extraordinary breadth and variety of works on display.

Stanley Spencer, (English painter, 1891 – 1959) Daphne Charlton Although Stanley Spencer's portraits are brutally realistic & stripped of allegorical references, he wrote, "Every thing or person other than myself is a future potential part of myself, or a revealer of and an agent in revealing unknown parts of myself: unknown husbands, wives, lovers, worshippers, never before seen and only known by a persistent desire or passionate longing, supported by a kind of consciousness of their…