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Gilbert Spencer

1892–1979

The Progress of Husbandry c.1964
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Biography

Gilbert Spencer (4 August 1892 – 14 January 1979) was a British painter of landscapes, portraits, figure compositions and mural decorations. He worked in oils and watercolour. He was the younger brother of the painter Stanley Spencer.

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Artworks

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  • A Cotswold Farm

    Gilbert Spencer
    1930–1
  • The Beginning of an Event in History: The Tolpuddle Martyrs

    Gilbert Spencer
    c.1937
  • Blackmore Vale from Compton Abbas

    Gilbert Spencer
    1942
  • Sashes Meadow, Cookham

    Gilbert Spencer
    1914–19
  • The Crucifixion

    Gilbert Spencer
    1915
  • Self-Portrait

    Gilbert Spencer
    1928
  • The Progress of Husbandry

    Gilbert Spencer
    c.1964

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  • Self-Portrait

    Gilbert Spencer
    1928

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