SIR STANLEY SPENCER

(1891 – 1959)

SIR STANLEY SPENCER

(1891 – 1959)


He was an English painter. Much of his

work depicts Biblical scenes,

from miracles to Crucifixion, happening

not in the Holy Land but in the

small Thames-side village where he was

born and spent most of his life.

Spencer was born and spent much of his

life in Cookham in Berkshire. His father,

William Spencer, was a music teacher. His

younger brother, Gilbert Spencer (1892–

1979), was a painter of landscapes.


In 1925, Spencer

married Hilda Carline,

then a student at the

Slade and sister of the

artist Richard Carline.

A daughter, Shirin, was

born in November of

that year and a second

daughter, Unity, in

1930. Spencer met the

artist Patricia Preece in

1929 in Cookham. He

became infatuated with

her. Carline divorced

Spencer in 1937.

Spencer has been described as an early modernist painter. His works often express his fervent if unconventional Cristianfaith.
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His works originally provoked

great shock and controversy .

But this is especially evident in

the scenes that he envisioned and

depicted in Cookham. Very

evident in these too is the

compassion that he felt for his

fellow residents.

Travoys Arriving with Wounded at a Dressing Station.
During the Second World War, he was recruited by the War Artists' Advisory Committee to help in the war effort by recording activities that were taking place on the home front.

His most ambitious work was the consequence

of his Great War experiences: a cycle of 19

wall paintings for the Sandham Memorial

Chapel, which took five years to complete

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