Sir Stanley Spencer was an English painter. Shortly after leaving the Slade School of Art, Spencer became well known for his paintings depicting Biblical scenes occurring as if in Cookham, Berkshire,
Self-portrait, 1959
Swan Upping at Cookham (1915–1919) Oil on canvas, Tate Britain (T00525)
Travoys Arriving with Wounded at a Dressing-Station at Smol, Macedonia, September 1916 (Imperial War Museum)
The Stanley Spencer Gallery is an art museum in the South of England dedicated to the life and work of the artist Stanley Spencer. It was opened in 1962 and is located in the Thameside village of Cook
Stanley Spencer
…was the subject of the painting Homage to Spencer by the artist Derek Clarke. The pram, black and battered, has survived to become an exhibit in the Stanley Spencer Gallery in Cookham, which is dedicated to Spencer's life and works. In 1958 Spencer painted The Crucifixion which was set in Cookham High Street and first…
Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham, Berkshire, UK
The interior of the gallery, refurbished in 2006
General view of the Gallery today