Patron Saints: Collecting Stanley Spencer - (Bradley Amanda)(Paperback)

Patron Saints: Collecting Stanley Spencer is a revealing new exhibition at the renowned Stanley Spencer Gallery in Cookham - Spencers spiritual home and major source of inspiration. The exhibition draws together a spectacular collection of loans, including The Centurions Servant (Tate); Love on the Moor (Fitzwilliam); John Donne Arriving in Heaven (Fitzwilliam); and one work not seen in the public domain in over 50 years. The exhibition and catalog examine the often complex relationships between Spencer and his patrons and what drove them to collect his work. Spencer was a single-minded genius, but the influence of his patrons on his painting is far greater than has hitherto been realized. At the turn of the century, collecting art was no longer the preserve of the aristocracy and the upper classes, but Spencers art appealed to a broad spectrum of art lovers, fellow artists,
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