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