Stanley Spencer : letters and writings
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Stanley Spencer : letters and writings
Tate Gallery, c2001
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Stanley Spencer is recognised as a British artist of singular vision, but he was also a prolifc and highly individual writer. In moments between painting, Spencer wrote thousands of letters. He filled notebooks, diaries and scraps of paper, recording his daily thoughts and future plans in a distinctly Spencerian manner. This book brings together for the first time an extensive selection of Spencer's key letters, notes and theoretical writings. Adrian Glew has selected from the wealth of Spencer's unpublished manuscripts in the Tate Archive and includes important sections of Spencer's autobiography which remained unfinished at the time of his death. Spencer always believed that his writings were as important as his paintings, and this volume offers a unique insight into Spencer as writer, thinker and artist.
Table of Contents
Introduction Childhood 1891-1905 Lessons in Art 1905-1907 The Slade 1908-1912 and after War Service 1914-1918 and after Marriage 1926-1939 Shipbuilders in Glasgow 1939-1945 The Late Paintings: Resurrection and Regatta series 1946-1959 List of Correspondents Bibliography Index
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