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Love & Landscape: Stanley Spencer in Suffolk
Gainsborough鈥檚 House is partnering with Stanley Spencer Gallery to present a major exhibition of the works of one of England鈥檚 greatest twentieth-century painters, Sir Stanley Spencer.
The exhibition will include major loans from Tate, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Leeds Museums and Galleries, and other public lenders, as well as rarely-seen works from private collections. Stanley Spencer is one of the most important and original artists in twentieth-century British art. He lived for most of his life in his native village of Cookham, which played a large part in the subject matter of his paintings.
Spencer鈥檚 art was rooted in both his relationships and deep sense of place. Drawing on new research, this exhibition will explore Spencer鈥檚 personal relationships and artistic development through his visits to Suffolk in the 1920s and 1930s. Spencer married fellow artist, Hilda Carline, in Wangford, Suffolk. The couple were joined on their honeymoon by Stanley鈥檚 brother Gilbert, who had introduced them. The previous year, Hilda, her brother鈥搕he artist Richard Carline鈥揳nd Stanley had all stayed in Wangford, where their artistic practice and personal relationships developed in tandem.
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Gainsborough鈥檚 House is partnering with Stanley Spencer Gallery to present a major exhibition of the works of one of England鈥檚 greatest twentieth-century painters, Sir Stanley Spencer.
The exhibition will include major loans from Tate, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Leeds Museums and Galleries, and other public lenders, as well as rarely-seen works from private collections. Stanley Spencer is one of the most important and original artists in twentieth-century British art. He lived for most of his life in his native village of Cookham, which played a large part in the subject matter of his paintings.
Spencer鈥檚 art was rooted in both his relationships and deep sense of place. Drawing on new research, this exhibition will explore Spencer鈥檚 personal relationships and artistic development through his visits to Suffolk in the 1920s and 1930s. Spencer married fellow artist, Hilda Carline, in Wangford, Suffolk. The couple were joined on their honeymoon by Stanley鈥檚 brother Gilbert, who had introduced them. The previous year, Hilda, her brother鈥搕he artist Richard Carline鈥揳nd Stanley had all stayed in Wangford, where their artistic practice and personal relationships developed in tandem.
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