Prudential is delighted to be associated with this celebration of the life and works of one of Britain's most influential artists, Stanley Spencer. He is acknowledged to be one of the most important British figurative painters of the twentieth century. This is the first exhibition of his work at Tate Britain for fifty years and brings together his celebrated masterpieces and also his lesser known works, to provide a fuller insight into his extraordinary achievements.

        Sponsor’s Foreword 6

        Foreword 7

        Acknowledgements 9

TIMOTHY HYMAN  Stanley Spencer: Angels and Dirt 10

PATRICK WRIGHT  Purposeful Art in a Climate of Cultural Reaction:

        Stanley Spencer in the 1920s 42

 CATALOGUE

    1  INNOCENCE 74

    2  WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH 1oo

    3  FORSAKING THE VISION 132

    4  THOSE COUPLE THINGS 158

    5  THE CHURCH OF ME 180

    8  A WONDERFUL DESECRATION 206

TIMOTHY HYMAN  A Note on Burghclere 240

KATHARINE STOUT  Church-House Virtual Reality Project 244

ADRIAN GLEW  Stanley Spencer’s Lists 246

        Chronology 25o

        Notes 254

        Select Bibliography 257

        Index 2s9