The village of Cookham, 30 miles west of London, lies along the river Thames in a bucolic setting of marsh meadows, bridges and reedy riverbanks. It was here that British artist Stanley Spencer ...

A new book and museum exhibition devoted to Gilbert Spencer, younger brother of visionary artist Stanley Spencer, aim to cast new light on his life and achievements, and cement his reputation as a ...

Stanley Spencer’s paintings in the Sandham Memorial Chapel (1927-32), depicting the front lines and hospitals of World War I, fuse religious faith with secular reality.

The auction record for a work by British artist Stanley Spencer fell twice in one sale at Sotheby's on Wednesday, while a Lucian Freud picture on paper also set a new high.

The work of British artist Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) has undergone a resurgence of interest in the art world recently. Long viewed by some as a provincial joke, several artists and critics now ...

Stanley Spencer: This green and pleasant land Stanley Spencer saw the common English garden in a warm and sensuous light that even war could not destroy. Adrian Hamilton considers an exhibition of ...

Stanley Spencer remained viscerally attached to Cookham, which appears in many if not most of his works, and he ended his life there, wheeling his painting kit around on a pram and in the end ...

A 1954 painting by Stanley Spencer sets a new auction record for the British artist after being sold in London for £1.43m.

Stolen £1m Stanley Spencer painting found next to three kilograms of cocaine and 15,000 ecstasy tablets 'The circumstances of its recovery underline the links between cultural heritage crime and ...

The auction record for a work by British artist Stanley Spencer fell twice in one sale at Sotheby's on Wednesday, while a Lucian Freud picture on paper also set a new high.