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Christ Preaching at Cookham Regatta, c.1935 (pencil & w/c on paper)

IMAGE number
FAS3597378
Image title
Christ Preaching at Cookham Regatta, c.1935 (pencil & w/c on paper)
Artist
Spencer, Stanley (1891-1959) / English
Location
Private Collection
Medium
pencil and watercolour on paper
Date
c. 1935 AD (C20th AD)
Dimensions
40x56 cms
Image description

From Counterpoint Modern Realism 1910-1950. Spencer had frequently used his native Cookham as the setting for miraculous scenes from the Bible. In the 1930s he conceived the theme of Christ appearing on regatta day, preaching to those gathered there. In 1950 he returned to the idea, intending a sequence of canvases to form the river aisle of ‘Church House’, the architectural setting for his paintings Spencer hoped might one day be realised, that were partly inspired by the presentation of Giotto’s frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. The Church House scheme laid out the themes of sexual and religious love, and of domestic harmony. The Regatta series fitted easily into the notion of Church House since it placed the celebration of the Resurrection in the context of Cookham Regatta. Here we see the villagers and visitors down from London for the day listening as Christ preaches from the horse ferry barge on the Last Day. The present work is related to one of three paintings that depict the onlookers on the river, the others being Listening from Punts and Punts Meeting. The other paintings in the series - Girls Listening and Dinner on the Hotel Lawn - show the activities on the riverbank. The high viewpoint of the present drawing is as if looking down from Cookham Bridge. As children Stanley and his brother Gilbert had stood on the bridge with their older sister Annie to listen to their brother Will and others singing popular songs from the nearby horse-ferry barge, after the boat races were over.

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Photo © The Fine Art Society, London, UK / © Estate of Stanley Spencer. All rights reserved 2024 / Bridgeman Images
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art / boat / transport / Christianity / religion / Berkshire / England / United Kingdom / Europe / Spencer Stanley (1891-1959) / 20th century / painter / artist / religious / river / drawing / people / england / river thames / preaching / english / painting / listening / religion / regatta / jesus christ / Painting / Mzpainting
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