Friday 10 December 2010

Narrative and thematic similarities between Gauguin and Stanley Spencer







After visiting the Gauguin exhibition it occured to me how important narrative was in Gaugin's work and it made me think of Stanley Spencer's resurrection paintings. Both artists also have a spiritual side, Gauguin disavowed the Catholic church yet explored spiritual themes and even Christian ones as in Christ in the Garden of Olives(pictured), whilst Spencer had a deeply religious Christian upbringing and often referred to biblical passages in his work as in Zacharias and Elizabeth (pictured).