Wednesday 3 April 2013

stanley spencer


stanley spencer

berks 1891-1959 bucks

early modernist


religious indoctrination from birth

believed strongly in afterbirth

commandments he did not adhere

when war came a volunteer



bible- milton- bunyon- spenser

a literary connoisseur

early art lessons by dorothy bailey

local artist and trainee



distinguished himself at the slade

a scholarship top grade

the royal academy he once resigned

finally a knighthood talents underlined



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSCopSwxvJw






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