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Zusatztext 'A richly stimulating guide to a complex artist...Any book that can add to our understanding of genius - as this one does - is to be prized' The Art Newspaper Informationen zum Autor Andrew Causey was Emeritus Professor of the History of Modern Art at Manchester University and author of numerous publications including Paul Nash: Critical Study and Catalogue Raisonné and books on Henry Moore, Edward Burra and Peter Lanyon. He contributed to exhibition catalogues on Stanley Spencer, Andy Goldsworthy and other artists and selected works for exhibitions in Britain and abroad, including British Art in the Twentieth Century at the Royal Academy in 1987. Klappentext Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) explored fundamental issues of life with an urgency and persistence unique among British artists of his generation. His art comments on religion, love, sexuality, fraternity and community. Zusammenfassung Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) explored fundamental issues of life with an urgency and persistence unique among British artists of his generation. His art comments on religion, love, sexuality, fraternity and community. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; Chapter 1: Marriage to the world; Chapter 2: Where the spirit moves me; Chapter 3: War! re-birth and a 'New Me'; Chapter 4: A modern conversation piece; Chapter 5: All the faithful dead; Chapter 6: God's clown; Chapter 7: Possessed by joy; Chapter 8: The search for love; Personal! sincere and courageous; Chronology; Bibliography; Index.
