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Gilbert Spencer: The Life and Work of a Very English Artist

by Paul Gough
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9780300269819
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Yale University Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 400
  • Original Price: GBP 30.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 1090 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Individual Artists / Monographs, Artists, Architects, Photographers, and Movements / Modernism

The first biography of Gilbert Spencer, recounting the life and career of a long-overlooked twentieth-century British artist

Gilbert Spencer (1892-1979) was a British painter, muralist, illustrator, teacher, and writer whose career spanned more than six decades. Recognised during his lifetime as one of the leading artists of his generation, his reputation has long been overshadowed by his more famous brother, Stanley. Yet Spencer's fascination with landscape and his ability to capture everyday life in rural England led to the creation of some of the most poignant artworks of the interwar period.

Drawing on a newly discovered archive of personal letters, notebooks, and diaries, this illustrated biography tells Spencer's story for the first time. Bringing together his major paintings, drawings and illustrations, many never before seen, the book greatly expands our understanding of Spencer. It reassesses his status within twentieth-century British modernism and the revival of the landscape tradition, as well as the important role he played in the reinvigoration of public mural painting. Spencer is also reappraised as one of the most successful art teachers of his time, and his extensive influence on the lives and careers of many twentieth-century artists is explored in detail.

Paul Gough is vice-chancellor of Arts University Bournemouth. Sacha Llewellyn is an independent writer and curator and director of Liss Llewellyn. Amanda Bradley Petitgas is trustee and chair of the exhibitions committee of the Stanley Spencer Gallery.

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