презентация про художника сэра Стэнли Спенсера

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Shortly after leaving the Slade School of Art, Spencer became well known for his paintings depicting Biblical scenes occurring as if in Cookham, the small village beside the River Thames where he was born and spent much of his life. Spencer referred to Cookham as "a village in Heaven" and in his biblical scenes, fellow-villagers are shown as their Gospel counterparts.

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Early life Stanley Spencer was born in Cookham, Berkshire, the eighth surviving child of William and Anna Caroline Spencer. His father, usually known as Par, was a music teacher and church organist. Stanley's younger brother, Gilbert Spencer (1892–1979), also became a notable artist, known principally for his landscapes. The family home, "Fernlea", on Cookham High Street, had been built by Spencer's grandfather Julius Spencer. Stanley Spencer was educated at home by his sisters Annie and Florence, as his parents had reservations about the local council school but could not afford private education for him.

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Exhibitions of his work held during Spencer's life included: 1927: Goupil Gallery, 1932: Venice Biennale, 1936: Tooth's Gallery, Bond Street, 1938: Venice Biennale, 1939: Leger Gallery, 1947: Retrospective at Temple Newsam House, Leeds, 1954: Arts Council exhibition, 1955: Tate retrospective, 1958: Exhibition at Cookham church and vicarage.

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Art market The value of Spencer's paintings soared after a retrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1980. The Resurrection; waking up fetched £770,000 at Christie's early in 1990, and in May of that year his Crucifixion (1958) fetched £1,320,000. "It was an all-time record for a modern British painting, and would have astounded Stanley, who was poor for so long ." By 2011, Sunflower and Dog Worship sold for £5.4m, beating a record of £4.7m set a few minutes earlier for Workmen in the House .

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1920-1927 Spencer lived in Cookham until April 1920 when he moved to Bourne End to stay with the trade union lawyer Henry Slesser and his wife. While there, he worked on a series of paintings for their private 'oratory '. In 1921 Spencer stayed with Muirhead Bone at Steep in Hampshire where he worked on mural designs for a village hall war memorial scheme which was never completed. In 1923 Spencer spent the summer in Poole, Dorset, with Henry Lamb. While there he worked on sketch designs for another possible war memorial scheme. These designs convinced two early patrons of Spencer's work, Louis and Mary Behrend, to commission a group of paintings as a memorial to Mary's brother, Lieutenant Henry Willoughby Sandham, who had died in the war.

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Divorce and remarriage, 1935–1938 When Spencer made a return visit to Switzerland in 1935, Patricia Preece travelled with him and when they returned to Cookham, Spencer's wife Hilda Carline moved to Hampstead. Preece began to manage Spencer's finances and he signed the deeds of his house, Lindworth, over to her. Between the middle of 1935 and 1936 Spencer painted a series of nine pictures, known as the Domestic Scenes in which he recalled, or re-imagined, life with Hilda at home. While Spencer was painting these, Hilda, as shown by her letters from the time , was growing increasingly despondent and hurt at Spencer's fixation with Preece. Hilda finally started divorce proceedings and a decree absolute was issued in May 1937.

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Port Glasgow, 1939–1945

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The memorial stone for Stanley Spencer and his first wife, Hilda, in Cookham churchyard.

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Thank you for the attention!!!