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Now she's looking forward to new light being shed on his war as the family publishes the correspondence of the artist as a young man. It is 57 years since the painter Sir Stanley Spencer died.
A new book and museum exhibition devoted to Gilbert Spencer, younger brother of visionary artist Stanley Spencer, aim to cast new light on his life and achievements, and cement his reputation as a ...
Sir Stanley Spencer’s poignant memories of war are leaving their permanent home at the National Trust’s Sandham Memorial Chapel in Hampshire to be exhibited at Somerset House in London. Image ...
In the meantime, the Trust have provided a rare opportunity to see up close what many regard as Stanley Spencer’s greatest achievement. Stanley Spencer: Heaven in a Hell of War, Somerset House ...
Stanley Spencer’s paintings in the Sandham Memorial Chapel (1927-32), depicting the front lines and hospitals of World War I, fuse religious faith with secular reality.
The latest addition is a show of war artist Stanley Spencer's murals in Somerset House. In this three-room exhibition, the opening acts mainly as a scene-setter with largely preparatory drawings.
THE EARLIEST known sketches by one of Britain's greatest painters, Stanley Spencer, have been discovered by a Yorkshire curator ahead of a major exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield.
Sir Stanley Spencer: One of England's most celebrated 20th Century painters At 90, Shirin Spencer can still recall her father Stanley painting one of his masterpieces - the World War One murals at ...