View from Cookham Bridge 1936 by Stanley Spencer. © Stanley Spencer Gallery Collection
Details
The Stanley Spencer Gallery, housed in a converted Methodist chapel, opened in 1962 and is devoted to the works of Stanley Spencer. The exhibition ‘The Cookham Brotherhood: The Art of Gilbert and Stanley Spencer’ celebrates the profound influence that Cookham had on Stanley (1891-1959) and his brother Gilbert 1892-1979) and demonstrates both their unified vision as well as their rivalry.
Venue
Stanley Spencer Gallery, 16 High Street, Cookham, Maidenhead, SL6 9S
Event Organisers
Sarah Bowles and Philippa Barton
Cost
Cost of the visit is £65 - plus Eventbrite booking fee
The visit is limited to thirteen people.
Programme
09.35 am
Meet at Paddington Station to catch the Elizabeth Line to Maidenhead
10.33 am
Train departs from Maidenhead to Cookham
11.00am
Visit to the Stanley Spencer Gallery with Dr Amy Lim, Volunteer Curator, Stanley Spencer Gallery
The exhibition ‘The Cookham Brotherhood: The Art of Gilbert and Stanley Spencer’ celebrates the profound influence that Cookham had on Stanley (1891-1959) and his brother Gilbert (1892-1979) and demonstrates both their unified vision as well as their rivalry. Idyllic landscapes and intimate portraits show their different approaches - Stanley increasingly became more concerned with the metaphysical and religious otherworldliness of the village whereas Gilbert, being ‘more of the people’ was more practically minded and considered by Stanley to be the more accomplished landscape artist.
12.45 pm
Lunch
2.15 pm
A walk around the village of Cookham with Keith LePage
The Thames-side village of Cookham was described ‘as a village in heaven’ by Stanley Spencer who lived there for most of his life. The walk will take in many parts of Cookham where Stanley Spencer lived and painted, including his birthplace, Fernlea, a house built by his grandfather, which inspired his painting, ‘Neighbours’, Holy Trinity churchyard where he painted ‘the Angel’ and the Thames which inspired his ‘Cookham Bridge’ of 1936.
4.24pm
Train departs for Maidenhead to catch the Elizabeth Line to London arriving Paddington 5.40 pm.