Heaven on Earth — Stanley Spencer's 'Christ in Cookham' in 'Look' magazine

Sir Stanley Spencer, Christ in Cookham, oil on canvas, 127 x 205.7cm (Collection of the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney; Purchsed with the Watson Bequest Fund 1952)

Sir Stanley Spencer, Christ in Cookham, oil on canvas, 127 x 205.7cm (Collection of the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney; Purchsed with the Watson Bequest Fund 1952)

I recently had the pleasure of looking at Sir Stanley Spencer's painting Christ in Cookham for Look magazine at the Art Gallery of NSW. You can view Spencer's densely packed composition of statuesque figures at the Gallery now, and if you have a moment, take a seat nearby and read my 'Anatomy' of the painting in the May-June 2018 edition of Look. 

Here's an exert to start you off...

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