spencer

SELF-PORTRAIT 1969 from kendrive ^Pro 312 days old

I am concluding my series of the work of Stanley Spencer with this self-portrait. Please do not read the caption below until you have spent a few ...

DINNER ON THE HOTEL LAWN 1956-7 from kendrive ^Pro 313 days old

This Spencer painting of a meal will not please some people, because it contains figures! There is something missing though, as the Tate caption comments; ...

NO FIGURES from kendrive ^Pro 314 days old

I promised Jollyweez another Spencer landscape - and here it is. But it is not Cookham.: FARM POND, LEONARD STANLEY 1940 In 1939 Spencer moved ...

DAPHNE 1940 from kendrive ^Pro 315 days old

Spencer does not draw figures to our satisfaction! However, his portraits seem better executed. Do you agree? "Daphne Charlton was a student at ...

Rickett's Farm, Cookham Dene 1938 from kendrive ^Pro 316 days old

Here is a Spencer painting without people - and all the better for it? If you can't paint people, paint pigs! "This farm was near the Spencers’ ...

HOW ABOUT THIS ONE? from kendrive ^Pro 317 days old

Do you like this painting by Stanley Spencer? I think the figures look as though they have been standing in a draught - and have developed stiff necks. ...

REJECTED BY THE RA from kendrive ^Pro 318 days old

St Francis and the Birds 1935 - Stanley Spencer "St Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscans, is popularly remembered for being able to ...

TURK'S BOATYARD AT COOKHAM from kendrive ^Pro 319 days old

Now here is a scene I knew quite well, although this view was painted by Spencer in 1931 - two years before I was born. Although an excellent reproduction ...

MENDING COWLS, COOKHAM 1915 from kendrive ^Pro 322 days old

I have hesitated to post this Spencer painting earlier, as it seemed rather abstract and unappealing. However, the Tate caption addds interest. The ...

THE SWORD OF THE LORD AND GIDEON 1921 from kendrive ^Pro 323 days old

What do you make of this painting by Stanley Spencer? Note that he includes Christ carrying the cross. And who are those two figures at the bottom, ...