Stanley Spencer

Stanley Spencer (1891 - 1959)

Madonna Lillies

1935

I also looked at this piece in the Gallery as it links very closely to my current theme of lillies.

Spencer was a British artist influenced by Giotto and the colourful privitism of Paul Gauguin.

I thought this image was very interesting in comparison to my other image from the gallery. This picture is so realistic and you can easily tell what it is that you are looking at. You can tell that the foreground is painted but it looks as though the background is a picture from the accuracy of the work. Both painters were around at the same time but there is a very different style of work. I like the accuracy that Spencer has used but i prefer the other image, i think that it is more interesting than this. There is more depth and texture to the other piece and i think it allows you to think more about it and where it is, where as this is an obvious painting which is of flowers in front of a house.