Stanley Spencer: A Modern Visionary

"Do you know what good art is? It is saying "ta" to God."

Self Portrait, Oil on Canvas, 1923 (Stanley Spencer Gallery)

Roy, Pen & Ink on Paper, c. 1907 (Stanley Spencer Gallery)

Cookham, Oil on Canvas, 1914 (Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery)

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, Oil on Canvas, c. 1920 (Leeds Art Gallery)

The Last Supper, Oil on Canvas, 1920 (Stanley Spencer Gallery)

The Roundabout, Oil on Canvas, 1923 (Tate)

I wish to have no status as a man. I am equally content to be a worm or a rat and am only glad that I am not because they have such a rough time without the pleasure of painting.

The Red House, Oil on Canvas, 1926 (Ferens Art Gallery)

Turk's Boatyard Cookham, Oil on Canvas, c. 1931 (Tate)

Villas at Cookham, Oil on Canvas, c. 1932 (Walker Art Gallery)

‘Nude, Portrait of Patricia Preece’, Oil on Canvas, 1935 (Ferens Art Gallery)

At the Chest of Drawers, Oil on Canvas, 1936 (Stanley Spencer Gallery)

‘Bellrope Meadow, Cookham, Berkshire’, Oil on Canvas, 1936 (Touchstones Rochdale)

‘Gardens in the Pound, Cookham, Berkshire’, Oil on Canvas, c. 1936 (Leeds Art Gallery)

Poppies, Oil on Canvas, 1938 (Newark Town Hall Museum & Art Gallery)

Baby in a High Chair, Oil on Canvas, 1943 (Stanley Spencer Gallery)

‘Bluebells, Cornflowers and Rhododendrons’, Oil on Canvas, 1945 (British Council Collection)

‘Shipbuilding on the Clyde: The Furnaces’, Oil on Canvas, 1946 (Imperial War Museums)

Christ Delivered to the People, Oil on Canvas, 1950 (National Galleries of Scotland)

Sausage Shop, Oil on Canvas, 1951 (Newport Museum & Art Gallery)

Wherever a cat sits, there shall happiness be found.

‘Marriage at Cana, Bride and Bridegroom’, Oil on Canvas, 1953 (Glynn Vivian Art Gallery)

Daphne Spencer with a Green Scarf, Oil on Canvas, 1953 (The Jerwood Collection)

‘The Dustbin, Cookham’, Oil on Canvas, 1956 (Royal Academy of Arts)

Dinner on the Hotel Lawn, Oil on Canvas, 1956-1957 (Tate)

Mr and Mrs Baggett, Oil on Canvas, 1956-1957 (Stanley Spencer Gallery)

Port Glasgow Cemetery, Oil on Canvas, 1957 (British Council Collection)

Do you know what good art is? It is saying "ta" to God.

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