Stanley Spencer: A Biography Book

Stanley Spencer has recently been recognized by a wide general public as the greatest English painter of the 20th century. His strange and thrilling settings of biblical and semi-biblical scenes, his gripping realist portraits and his intense English landscapes have placed his work at the forefront of the international art community.

Pople's convincing and coherent biography comes to the American public just as Spencer's works are gaining world acclaim. Pople has had the cooperation of Spencer's daughter and friends, as well as unrestricted access to the artists letters, diaries and other writings. His analysis demonstrates that never was there an artist for whom life and art were so much of one piece than Stanley Spencer.