Sir Stanley Spencer (1891 – 1959)
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PORT GLASGOW CEMETERY 1947 Sir Stanley Spencer (1891 – 1959) P61 © Estate of Stanley Spencer. All Rights Reserved 2023 / Bridgeman Images
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THE MONTH OF DECEMBER: FETCHING HOLLY 1926 Sir Stanley Spencer (1891 – 1959) P2751 © Estate of Stanley Spencer. All Rights Reserved 2023 / Bridgeman Images
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BLUEBELLS, CORNFLOWERS AND RHODODENDRONS 1945 Sir Stanley Spencer (1891 – 1959) P173 © Estate of Stanley Spencer. All Rights Reserved 2023 / Bridgeman Images
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SOLDIERS AT THANKSGIVING SERVICE 1918 Sir Stanley Spencer (1891 – 1959) P2742 © Estate of Stanley Spencer. All Rights Reserved 2023 / Bridgeman Images
Stanley Spencer was born in Cookham, Berkshire; he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London. As a child Spencer's remarkable imagination helped him to visual Cookham as the centre of historical and religious events, so that when he read about such miraculous events such as the Resurrection of the Dead, he imagined them happening locally to the butcher, the baker, the local postman and the village schoolmaster. During World War I he saw active service in Macedonia. His war experiences became the subject of his first important commission. During World War II he was appointed an Official War Artist, and commissioned to paint the shipbuilding yards on the Clyde in Scotland. He belonged to no school or movement, although it would be true to say that he is an essentially English artist: obsessive about the countryside in which he grew up, and none too bothered about the fashions and developments in art abroad. He was knighted in 1959.
Further reading:
Maurice Collis, Stanley Spencer: A Biography, Harvill Press, London 1962
Richard Carline, Stanley Spencer at War, Faber and Faber, London 1978
Keith Bell, Stanley Spencer: A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, Phaidon Press Ltd, London 1992
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- UK, London, Dulwich Picture Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/my-yard-munsterland-festival-2011-2011">MY YARD - MUNSTERLAND FESTIVAL 2011- Germany, Kolvenburg
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/my-choice-works-selected-by-paula-rego-from-the-british-council-collection-2011">MY CHOICE WORKS SELECTED BY PAULA REGO FROM THE BRITISH COUNCIL COLLECTION- Portugal, Coimbra, Univesidade de Coimbra, Casa de Caldeiras
- Portugal, Porto, EDP Foundation
- Portugal, Cascais, Casa Das Historias
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/trust-in-an-age-of-loneliness-2010">Trust in an Age of Loneliness- UK, London, British Council - Spring Gardens Reception
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/thresholds-2010">THRESHOLDS- Macedonia, Skopje, Museum Of Contemporary Art
- Malta, Valletta, St James Cavalier Centre For Creativity
- UK, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/my-yard-2009">MY YARD- UK, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/from-destruction-to-abstraction-british-art-in-the-1940s-and-1950s-2008">FROM DESTRUCTION TO ABSTRACTION BRITISH ART IN THE 1940S AND 1950S- Syria, Damascus, University Of Damascus
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/summer-exhibition-2004">SUMMER EXHIBITION- UK, Cookham, Stanley Spencer Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/everyday-miracles-the-art-of-stanley-spencer-2003">EVERYDAY MIRACLES: THE ART OF STANLEY SPENCER- New Zealand, Hamilton, Waikato Museum Of Art & History
- New Zealand, Dunedin, Dunedin Public Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Wellington, Wellington City Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Auckland, Aukland City Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/stanley-spencer-love-desire-faith-2002">STANLEY SPENCER 'LOVE, DESIRE, FAITH'- UK, Kendal, Abbot Hall Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/men-of-the-clyde-stanley-spencers-vision-at-port-glasgow-1940-47-2000">MEN OF THE CLYDE STANLEY SPENCER'S VISION AT PORT GLASGOW 1940-47- Scotland, Edinburgh, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/drawing-distinctions-1997">DRAWING DISTINCTIONS- Poland, Lodz, Museum Sztuki
- UK, Nottingham, Castle Museum And Art Gallery
- UK, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes Gallery
- Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, Museum Of Fine Arts
- Russia, Moscow, Pushkin Museum Of Fine Arts
- Russia, St Petersburg, The Hermitage
- Canada, Whitehorse, Yukon, Yukon Arts Centre
- Canada, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Prairie Art Gallery
- Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Canada, Timmins, Timmins Museum And N E C
- Canada, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Acadia University Art Gallery
- Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, National Art Gallery
- Malaysia, Penang, Penang State Museum And Art Gallery
- USA, Tempe, Arizona, Arizona State University Art Museum
- USA, Berkeley, University Art Museum
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/stanley-spencer-an-english-vision-1997">STANLEY SPENCER AN ENGLISH VISION- USA, San Francisco, Fine Arts Museum Of San Fransico
- USA, Chicago, Museum Of Contemporary Art
- Mexico, Mexico City, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporaneo
- USA, Washington, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/gardens-and-flowers-1995">GARDENS AND FLOWERS- UK, Cookham, Stanley Spencer Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/summer-exhibition-1995">SUMMER EXHIBITION- UK, Cookham, Stanley Spencer Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/for-a-wider-world-1990">FOR A WIDER WORLD- Argentina, Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes
- Bulgaria, Sofia, SS Cyril and Methodius International Foundation
- Luxembourg, Musee National D'histoire Et D'art
- USSR, Kyiv, Ukrainian Museum of Fine Arts
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/lart-en-europe-1946-53-1987">L'ART EN EUROPE 1946-53- France, St Etienne, Musee D'art Moderne
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/stanley-spencer-in-context-paintings-from-port-glasgow-resurrection-series-1945-50-1985">STANLEY SPENCER - IN CONTEXT. PAINTINGS FROM 'PORT GLASGOW RESURRECTION SERIES 1945-50'- UK, Preston, Harris Museum And Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/stanley-spencer-1980">STANLEY SPENCER- UK, London, Royal Academy Of Arts
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/stanley-spencer-1891-1959-1976">Stanley Spencer 1891-1959- UK, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum
- UK, Leeds, Leeds City Art Gallery
- Scotland, Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
- UK, Brighton, Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/stanley-in-macedonia-an-exhibition-during-the-cookham-festival-1971-1971">Stanley in Macedonia: An Exhibition During the Cookham Festival 1971- UK, Cookham, Stanley Spencer Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/contemporary-british-painting-1900-1962-1963">CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PAINTING 1900-1962- Romania, Iasi, Palace of Culture
- Romania, Bucharest, National Gallery
- Czechoslovakia, Bratislava, Mirbach Palace and Palffy Palace
- Czechoslovakia, Prague, ULUV Exhibition Hall
- Hungary, Budapest, Ernst Museum
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/sir-stanley-spencer-r-a-an-exhibition-of-paintings-and-drawings-1961">Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A. : an exhibition of paintings and drawings- UK, Worthing, Worthing Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/stanley-spencer-exhibition-cookham-1958-1958">Stanley Spencer Exhibition Cookham 1958- UK, Cookham, Cookham Vicarage and Parish Hall
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/contemporary-british-painting-1957">CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PAINTING- South Africa, Port Elizabeth, King George VI Art Gallery
- Dar Es Salaam
- Rhodesia, Ndola
- Uganda, Kampala, British Council Office - Kampala
- Kenya, Mombassa, Mombassa
- Kenya, Nairobi, National Gallery And Museum
- Blantyre-Limbe
- Tanzania, Moshi
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/british-art-1900-1955-1956">BRITISH ART 1900-1955- Norway, Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus
- Denmark, Copenhagen, Kunstforeningen
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/aguarelas-e-desenhos-inglses-do-seculo-vinte-1955">AGUARELAS E DESENHOS INGLSES DO SECULO VINTE- Portugal, Lisbon, Secretariado Nacional Da Informacao
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/british-drawings-and-watercolours-of-the-20th-century-from-the-collection-of-the-british-council-1951">BRITISH DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS OF THE 20TH CENTURY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE BRITISH COUNCIL- Germany, Karl-Marx-Stadt, Stadtische Kunstammlungen
- Germany, Weimar, Kunstammlungen
- Germany, Leipzig, Altes Rathaus
- Germany, Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
- Czechoslovakia, Prague, Kinsky Palace
- Czechoslovakia, Ceske Budejovice, Ceske Budejovice
- Czechoslovakia, Bratislava, Slovak National Gallery
- Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovak National Gallery
- Romania, Bucharest, National Gallery
- Germany, Berlin, Neue Berliner Galerie
- Hungary, Budapest, National Gallery
- Bulgaria, Sofia, National Gallery
- Korea, Seoul, National Museum Of Contemporary Art
- Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo
- Japan, Sendai, Sendai
- Japan, Yokohama, Yokohama
- Japan, Nagano, Nagano
- Chile, Chile
- Argentina, Buenos Aires, British Council Office - Buenos Aires
- Algeria, Algiers, British Council Office - Algiers
- Tunisia, Tunis, Municipal Gallery
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong City Hall Art Gallery
- Lebanon, Sursock Museum
- Lebanon, Beirut, The Sursock Museum
- Gibraltar, Calpe Institute
- Malta, Valletta, Society of the Arts
- Malta, Valletta, Malta Society Of Arts
- Greece, Athens, Centre of Letters and Fine Arts, Ministry of Education
- Greece, Athens, Centre Of Letters And Fine Arts Of The Ministry Of Education
- Finland, Finland
- Austria, Vienna, British Council Office - Vienna
- Belgium, Belgium
- Canada, Canada
- Portugal, Coimbra, Museu Da Nacional Machado De Castro
- Portugal, Porto, Museu Nacional Soares Dos Reis
- Portugal, Lisbon, Lisbon
- France, Bourges, Maison De La Culture
- Israel, Haifa, Museum Of Modern Art
- Israel, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum
- New Zealand, Palmerston, The Science Centre And Manawatu Museum
- New Zealand, Wanganni
- New Zealand, Nelson, Suter Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Auckland, Aukland City Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Wellington, Wellington City Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Napier, Napier
- New Zealand, Christchurch, Robert Mcdougall Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Dunedin, Dunedin Public Art Gallery
- Spain, Madrid, British Institute
- Spain, Barcelona, British Institute
- Germany, Konstanz, Europahaus
- Germany, Mannheim, Kunsthalle
- Germany, Dortmund, Museum Am Ostwall
- Germany, Mönchengladbach, Kunstverein
- Germany, Karlsruhe, Staatliche Kunsthalle
- Germany, Munich, Amerika Haus
- Germany, Wiesbaden, Landesmuseum
- Germany, Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/international-art-exhibition-1952">INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION- Japan, Kyoto, Metropolitan Art Gallery
- Japan, Fukuoka, Iwataya Gallery
- Japan, Nagoya, Matsuzakaya Gallery
- Japan, Osaka, Juuge Gallery
- Japan, Sapporo, Marui Gallery
- Japan, Tokyo, Metropolitan Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/contemporary-paintings-1950">CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS- New Zealand, Auckland, Aukland City Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Christchurch, Robert Mcdougall Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Wellington, National Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Dunedin, Dunedin Public Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/stanley-spencer-an-exhibition-of-recent-landscapes-portraits-and-flower-paintings-1950">STANLEY SPENCER AN EXHIBITION OF RECENT LANDSCAPES, PORTRAITS AND FLOWER PAINTINGS- UK, London, Arthur Tooth And Sons Ltd
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/contemporary-painting-in-great-britain-1948">CONTEMPORARY PAINTING IN GREAT BRITAIN- Belgium, Brussels, Palais Des Beaux-Arts De Bruxelles
- Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Musee De L'etat
- Netherlands, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum
- Germany, Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle
- Germany, Dusseldorf, Hetjens Museum
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/contemporary-british-drawings-1948">CONTEMPORARY BRITISH DRAWINGS- Canada, Saskatoon,, Saskatchewan, Mendel Art Gallery
- Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery
- Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Art Gallery of Alberta
- Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Art Gallery Of Ontario
- Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, National Gallery Of Canada
- UK, London, Portland Place
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/international-watercolour-exhibition-14th-biennial-1947">INTERNATIONAL WATERCOLOUR EXHIBITION 14TH BIENNIAL- USA, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum