The work of British artist Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) has undergone a resurgence of interest in the art world recently. Long viewed by some as a provincial joke, several artists and critics now claim ...

Stanley Spencer painted his first oil painting when he was 19. “Two Girls and a Beehive” depicts the daughters of the local butcher standing beside a beehive in Spencer’s beloved home town of Cookham ...

IT'S DIFFICULT TO DECIDE WHICH IS more interesting: the poignantly absurd personal life of the artist Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) or his quirkily great paintings. The diminutive, sour-faced Spencer ...

The auction record for a work by British artist Stanley Spencer fell twice in one sale at Sotheby's on Wednesday, while a Lucian Freud picture on paper also set a new high. The auction record for a ...

Items that belonged to one of the leading figures in British art between the World Wars, along with some of his work, have been sold at auction. Some of Sir Stanley Spencer's sketchbooks, a palette ...

“An academic, stylistic history of modern English art could be written without a mention of this artist,” intoned London’s Times last week, “but to omit him is to miss one of the most remarkable ...

Rev. and expanded ed. of: Stanley Spencer, visions from a Berkshire village. Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) was the most original British painter of his era. This catalogue celebrates the achievements of ...

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