Stanley Spencer (1891 – 1959) was an English painter whose paintings were most well known for their contemporary Biblical scenes, complicated multi-figure compositions, and sexual themes, not all of which overlapped. He studied at the Slade School of Art and later served during World War I. The horrors of World War I had a profound impact on the artist and he often used his Christian faith to artistically explore the traumas he survived. Spencer’s paintings were rendered very realistically and he favored natural colors, however he also liked to skew his proportions and exaggerate the human figure. This combination of realism and distortion made his work uniquely his own.

Stanley Spencer’s paintings in chronological order:

The Fairy On The Waterlily Leaf, 1910	John Donne Arriving In Heaven, 1911	Joachim Among the Shepherds, 1913
Apple Gatherers, 1913	Study For A Resurrection, c.1914	Self-portrait, 1914
Cookham, 1914	The Centurion’s Servant, 1914	The Betrayal, 1914
Zacharias and Elizabeth, 1914	Mending Cowls, Cookham, 1915	Untitled, c.1916
Making a Red Cross, 1919	Scrubbing Clothes, 1919	Christ Carrying the Cross, 1920
Cockmarsh, 1920	At Bourne End, 1920	Apples and Pears on a Chair, 1920
Expulsion Of The Money Changers, 1921	Carrying Mattresses, 1921	Christ Overturning the Money Charger’s Table, 1921
A Music Lesson At Bedales, 1921	Mrs. C.P. Grant, 1921	People By The River, 1922
The Disrobing of Christ, 1922	River Nareta, Mostar, 1922	Terry’s Lane, Cookham, 1922
Sarajevo, 1922	Fernlea, Cookham, 1922	River Nareta, Mostar, 1922
The Roundabout, 1923	Portrait of Richar Carline, 1923	Still Life, 1923
Self-portrait, 1924	Turkeys, 1925	The Red House. Wangford., 1926
Sorting Laundry, 1927	Sorting And Moving Kit Bags, 1927	Soldiers Washing, 1927
Filling Tea Urns, 1927	Convoy of Wounded soldiers arriving at Beaufort Hospital Gates, 1927	The Resurrection of the Soldiers, 1927
Country Girl: Elise, 1929	The Tarry Stone. Cookham, 1929	Turk’s Boatyard Cookham, c.1931
Patient Suffering From Frostbite, 1932	Map Reading, 1932	Tea in the Hospital Ward, 1932
The Blacksmith’s Yard, Cookham, 1932	Villas at Cookham, 1932	The Meeting, 1933
Portrait of Patricia Preece, 1933	Sarah Tubb and the Heavenly Visitors, 1933	Making Columns For The Tower Of Babel, 1933
Separating Fighting Swans, 1933	Landscape, Burghclere, 1933	Rowborough. Cookham., 1934
Patricia at Cockmarsh Hil, 1935	Buttoning The Collar, 1935	Workmen In The House, 1935
Clipped Yews, 1935	Bridesmaids at Cana, 1935	Workmen in the House, 1935
Cookham Rise, 1935	Cookham Look, 1935	Cockmarsh hill – Cookham, 1935
Choosing A Dress, 1936	Choosing a Petticoat, 1936	Gardens In The Pound, Cookham, 1936
Upper Reach, 1936	Bellrope Meadow, 1936	Self-Portrait, 1936
The Boatbuilder’s Yard, 1936	Flowering Artichokes, 1936	Riveters, 1936
The Jubilee Tree, Cookham, 1936	The White Cockatoo (Coronation Cockatoo), 1937	Cookham Moor, 1937
Cottage at Wangford, 1937	Fishing Boats. St. Ives., 1937	Hilda, Unity and Dolls, 1937
Rickett’s Farm, Cookham Dene, 1938	Poppies, 1938	Landscape with Magnolia, 1938
Crocuses, 1938	Poppies, 1938	Flowers in a Window (Cookham), 1938
Garden View. Cookham Dene., 1938	Columbines, 1938	From the Artist’s Studio, 1938
Peonies, 1938	Self-Portrait, 1939	Landscape. Cookham Dene., 1939
Oxfordshire Landscape, 1939	Wisteria. Cookham., 1942	Rock Garden. Cookham Dene., 1942
Marsh Meadows, Cookham, 1943	The Resurrection: Tidying, 1945	Orchids, Lilies, Palms, 1945
The Psychiatrist, 1945	The furnace man, 1945	Turkeys Perus, 1946
Garden Study, 1947	Portrait Of Hilda Carline, 1949	Angels of the Apocalypse, 1949
Portrait Of Hilda Carline, 1949	Cows, 1950	Love letters, 1950
Self-portrait, 1951	The Sausage shop, 1951	Portrait of J. L. Behrend, 1951
Merville Garden Village Near Belfast, 1951	Amaryllis in Chauntry Court, 1951	Portrait of Daphne Spencer, 1951
Daphne by the Window, Northern Ireland, 1952	Christ Preaching at Cookham Regatta: Girls Listening, 1953	Tree and Chicken Coops, 1953
Christ Preaching at Cookam Regatta, 1954	Wisteria at Englefield, 1954	Portrait Of J. E. Martineau, 1956
Rock roses. Old Lodge. Taplow., 1957	At the Piano, 1957	Portrait of Mrs Marjorie Metz, 1958
The Crucifixion, 1958	Portrait of Rachel Westropp, 1958	The Woolshop
The Resurrection	Two girls and a Beehive	The Bathing Poll
The Glen, Port Glasgow	Going to Bed	Dug-out (Stand-to)
In Church	Zermatt	The Marriage At Cana: Bride And Bridegroom
Christ in the Wilderness – The Eagles	Hilda and I at Burghclere	Villagers and saints
Untitled	Mrs Linda Few Brown	View From the Tennis Court – Cookham
The Coming Of the Wise Men (the Nativity)	Resurrection – Reunion 2	Daphne Spencer
The Farm Gate	The Nursery (Christmas Stockings)	Mrs Frank
Silent Prayer	On the Landing (Looking at a Drawing)	Portrait Of Anny Lewinter Frankl
Dr. Osmund Frank	Neville Richard Murphy Ma	Portrait Of Miss Ashwanden
The Resurrection – Waking Up 2	Beatitude 6 – Consciousness	The Monkey Puzzle, Whitehouse, Northern Ireland
Christ in the Wilderness – The scorpion	Hilda Welcomed	The Resurrection: Reunion
Christ in the Wilderness – Awaking	Christ in the Wilderness – Driven by the spirit	Beatitude
Unveiling Cookham War Memorial	Christ in the Wilderness – Consider the lilies	The Resurrection – Waking up
Christ in the Wilderness – The foxes have holes	The Scrap Heap	Convoy of Wounded Men Filling Water Bottles at a Stream
Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Wimperis	The quarry woods – Cookham	Kit inspection
Laburnum	The dustman (Lovers)	Portrait in garden
Daphne	Bed making	Ragusa (Dubrovnik)
The sisters	Chestnuts	Christ’s entry into Jerusalem
The Bridge	Shipbuilding on the Clyde furnaces	The Harbour – St. Ives
Sarajevo, Bosnia	Saint Francis and his birds	Helter Skelter
Extensive Landscape with a Wroght-Iron Gat	The Builders	King Midas and the girl
Buttercups in a Meadow	Swan upping at Cookham	Villagers and Saints
The Deposition and the Rolling Away Of the Stone	Making a Fire Belt	The Last Day
The Angel	Ablutions	Geese Run
Reveille	Untitled	Swiss Skittle Alley Saas Fee