Sir Stanley Spencer
(1891-1959), PainterSitter associated with 34 portraits
Artist of 5 portraits
Spencer studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London (1907-12). He became known for biblical scenes situated in Cookham, Berkshire, his birthplace. In 1918 he was commissioned as an official war artist and produced Travoys with Wounded Soldiers. His most ambitious evocation of the war is the Sandham Memorial Chapel at Burghclere (1927-32). After the war, he lived and worked in Cookham. Other notable paintings include The Resurrection, Cookham (1924-6), showing his love for his first wife Hilda, and Double Nude Portrait: The Artist and His Second Wife (1937). He was elected a Royal Academician in 1950 and knighted in 1959. Retrospective exhibitions of his work were held at the Tate Gallery in 1955 and 2001.
by Henry Lamb
oil on canvas, 1928
NPG 4527
by William Rothenstein
sanguine, 1932
NPG 5499
Sir Stanley Spencer; Sydney Spencer; Gilbert Spencer; William Spencer
by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1914
NPG Ax140480
Lady Ottoline Morrell; Sydney Spencer; William Spencer; Sir Stanley Spencer; Gilbert Spencer
by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1914
NPG Ax140481
Gilbert Spencer; Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell); Sir Stanley Spencer
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1920
NPG Ax140906
Gilbert Spencer; Sir Stanley Spencer; Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell); Judith Masefield
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1920
NPG Ax140913
Gilbert Spencer; Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell); Sir Stanley Spencer; Judith Masefield
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1920
NPG Ax141198
'Undergraduates' (including Sir Stanley Spencer; Edward ('Eddy') Sackville-West; Gilbert Spencer)
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1923
NPG Ax141972
Gilbert Spencer; Sir Stanley Spencer and an unknown woman
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1923-1924
NPG Ax141644
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 5-9 July 1923
NPG Ax141671
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 5-9 July 1923
NPG Ax141672
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 5-9 July 1923
NPG Ax141673
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 5-9 July 1923
NPG Ax141674
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 5-9 July 1923
NPG Ax141675
Philip Edward Morrell; James Ching; Sir Stanley Spencer and an unknown man
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1924
NPG Ax141568
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, July 1924
NPG Ax141682
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
NPG Ax142102
by Leonard McCombe
bromide print, 2 October 1943
NPG x128514
by William MacQuitty
bromide fibre print, 1943
NPG x34804
by William MacQuitty
bromide fibre print, 1943
NPG x34805
by William MacQuitty
bromide fibre print, 1943
NPG x34806
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1954
NPG x131183
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1954
NPG x131184
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1954
NPG x131185
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1954
NPG x13797
by Ida Kar
quarter-plate film negative, 1954
NPG x127159
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide press print, 1958
NPG x184075
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
vintage print, circa 1958
NPG x194190
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide press print, 1959
NPG x184073
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide press print, 1959
NPG x184074
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide press print, 1959
NPG x184076
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