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Gilbert Spencer BIOGRAPHY
1892 Cookham, Berkshire - 1979. Known for: Portrait, genre, landscape painting.
Gilbert Spencer, younger son of Stanley Spencer, was born in Cookham, Berkshire and throughout his career, like his brother, returned to painting the landscapes of his home town, as well as... Read full biography
Gilbert Spencer, younger son of Stanley Spencer, was born in Cookham, Berkshire and throughout his career, like his brother, returned to painting the landscapes of his home town, as well as Oxfordshire, Dorset and the Lake District. Spencer studied at the Camberwell School, and wood carving at the... Read full biography
Gilbert Spencer, younger son of Stanley Spencer, was born in Cookham, Berkshire and throughout his career, like his brother, returned to painting the landscapes of his home town, as well as Oxfordshire, Dorset and the Lake District. Spencer studied at the Camberwell School, and wood carving at the RCA from 1911-1912, before studying under the greatly influential Henry Tonks at the Slade School from 1913-1915 and again from 1919-1920, serving in the war in the intervening years. Spencer became... Read full biography
Gilbert Spencer, younger son of Stanley Spencer, was born in Cookham, Berkshire and throughout his career, like his brother, returned to painting the landscapes of his home town, as well as Oxfordshire, Dorset and the Lake District. Spencer studied at the Camberwell School, and wood carving at the RCA from 1911-1912, before studying under the greatly influential Henry Tonks at the Slade School from 1913-1915 and again from 1919-1920, serving in the war in the intervening years. Spencer became involved in the Carline group after the war; Sydney Carline employing him at Oxford where he held the position of Master of Drawing, after Spencer met Hilda Carline who was later to be Stanley Spencer`s wife. His first one man show was held at the... Read full biography
Gilbert Spencer, younger son of Stanley Spencer, was born in Cookham, Berkshire and throughout his career, like his brother, returned to painting the landscapes of his home town, as well as Oxfordshire, Dorset and the Lake District. Spencer studied at the Camberwell School, and wood carving at the RCA from 1911-1912, before studying under the greatly influential Henry Tonks at the Slade School from 1913-1915 and again from 1919-1920, serving in the war in the intervening years. Spencer became involved in the Carline group after the war; Sydney Carline employing him at Oxford where he held the position of Master of Drawing, after Spencer met Hilda Carline who was later to be Stanley Spencer`s wife. His first one man show was held at the Goupil Gallery, London, in 1923; it was during this period of his career that he started to further his social circle of risin... Read full biography
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Gilbert Spencer, younger son of Stanley Spencer, was born in Cookham, Berkshire and throughout his career, like his brother, returned to painting the landscapes of his home town, as well as Oxfordshire, Dorset and the Lake District.
Spencer studied at the Camberwell School, and wood carving at the RCA from 1911-1912, before studying under the greatly influential Henry Tonks at the Slade School from 1913-1915 and again from 1919-1920, serving in the war in the intervening years. Spencer became involved in the Carline group after the war; Sydney Carline employing him at Oxford where he held the position of Master of Drawing, after Spencer met Hilda Carline who was later to be Stanley Spencer`s wife.
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