Stanley Spencer:

[New Haven, Conn.]: Yale University Press, 1997. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Multicolored quarto (white spine); xi, 194 p: illus (some color); 28 cm. Small black ink ownership signature to front paste-down, else fine. Paperback. ISBN: 9780300074260

Stanley Spencer, a central figure in the current revival of European figurative painting, is among the most important English painters of the twentieth century. In this book, Fiona MacCarthy investigates Spencer's life, sets his work in its cultural context, and emphasises the links between his life and his paintings. With the extensive commentary - edited from Spencer's own writings - on each of the stunning reproductions of Spencer's paintings, this volume provides a comprehensive account of a profoundly original artist and his work. -DJ Art; Figurative painting, British -- Exhibitions.