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Spencer
in Divine Company
(23
September 2015)
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Stuart Conlin,
Chairman of Trustees of the Stanley SpencerGallery, travelled to Italy
last week to see two treasured paintings from the Stanley
Spencer Gallery’s current exhibition safely installed for a period
of around four months as part of a prestigious exhibition
at the world famous Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. The
exhibition, ‘Divine Beauty – from Van Gogh to Chagal and Fontana’,
opens on 24th of
this month.
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The
magnificent Palazzo Strozzi in Florence
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Stuart Conlin commented,
“The exhibition is in one of the most important spaces in Italy and will
expose Spencer to large audiences of Italians and international tourists.
We can be so proud that Spencer is placed in the company of such
stars as Gauguin, Van Gogh, Picasso and Matisse in terms of his
standing as a painter of religious scenes.” He added, “The
whole exhibition is very beautiful, just as it needs to be in
a city full of breathtaking art. The paintings from our own
exhibition, interposed with a magnificent sculpture, are in a
stunning setting.”
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The
two paintings loaned from the Stanley Spencer Gallery, with Stuart Conlin,
Chairman of the Trustees of the Stanley Spencer Gallery, who oversaw the
installation.
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Spencer is one of only
three British artists to be included in this influential show, which
examines 'modern' Christian art, mainly from the late 19th and early
20th centuries. The paintings loaned from the Stanley Spencer
Gallery’s ’Creative Genius’ current exhibition are the Gallery’s
own renowned Spencer painting ‘The Last Supper’, 1920, and
‘Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem’, 1921, itself loaned to the Stanley
Spencer Gallery by Leeds Art Gallery.
For further information see
http://www.palazzostrozzi.org/mostre/divinebeauty/?lang=en
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Spencer’s ‘The
Last Supper’, 1920. The dark background and subtle
lighting wonderfully elicit its ethereal quality. |
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