Stanley Spencer

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Gender	Male
Death	64 years ago
Born	Cookham
	United Kingdom
Died	Cliveden House
	Taplow
	United Kingdom
Periods	Neo-romanticism
Children	Unity Spencer
	Shirin Spencer
Spouse	Patricia Preece
	Hilda Carline
Job	Painter
	Visual Artist
Education	University College London
	Slade School of Fine Art
Books	Stanley Spencer
	Looking to Heaven
	Stanley Spencer: Letters and Writings
	Stanley Spencer: Journey to Burghclere
	Stanley Spencer, the Man: Correspondence and Reminiscences
	Spencer in the Shipyard
	Your Loving Friend, Stanley: The Great War Correspondence Between Stanley Spencer and Desmond Chute
Date of birth	June 30,1891
Zodiac sign	Cancer
Siblings	Gilbert Spencer
	Annie Spencer
	Florence Spencer
Grandchildren	John Spencer
Works	Cookham
Date of died	December 14,1959
On view	The Museum of Modern Art
Place of burial	Cookham Churchyard, Cookham
Period by artworks	Neo-romanticism
Date of Reg.	2019-02-20 09:03:53
Date of Upd.	2023-09-18 11:20:09
ID	432470

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Stanley Spencer Life story

Sir Stanley Spencer, CBE RA 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, the small village beside the River Thames where he was born and spent much of his life.

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