Gilbert Spencer: The Life and Work of a Very English Artist

by Sacha Llewellyn and Alice Strickland

The first biography of Gilbert Spencer, recounting the life and career of a long-overlooked twentieth-century British artist

Gilbert Spencer (1892-1979) was a British painter, muralist, illustrator, teacher, and writer whose career spanned more than six decades. Recognised during his lifetime as one of the leading artists of his generation, his reputation has long been overshadowed by his more famous brother, Stanley. Yet Spencer's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300269811
• ISBN13: 9780300269819
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 400 Pages