Sir Stanley Spencer, Self-Portrait 1914
© Estate of Stanley Spencer
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This is Spencer's first self-portrait in oils. In its dark and rich colour harmonies and its strongly modelled form, the painting attempts to emulate the style of an Old Master painting. Spencer recalled that he was inspired to paint it in this manner after seeing a reproduction of a head of Christ by an Italian Renaissance artist called Luini. The portrait was painted in the front bedroom of Spencer's family home, Fernlea, at Cookham, Berkshire.
August 2004
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