Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) explored fundamental issues of life with an urgency and persistence unique among British artists of his generation. His art comments

Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Compton Verney Gallery, Warwickshire, June 25-Oct. 2, 2011.

Abridged version from the catalogue raisonné on one of Britain's most influential painters.

Autobiography of Unity Spencer, daughter of Stanley Spencer and Hilda Carline.

The remarkable English painter Stanley Spencer produced a series of works entitled Christ in the Wilderness (1939-54), portraying the forty days Jesus spent in