Stanley Spencer, Riveters, 1941 | © Imperial War Museum
Perhaps it was listening the recent BBC Radio 2 programme about one of my favourite songs – Elvis Costello & Clive Langer’s Shipbuilding that reminded me of one of my favourite artists – Stanley Spencer. He created beautiful works often on an epic scale about war, industry and religion.
Click on the image above to see a larger version… and also click here to get an idea of the size of the work!
If I’ve whetted your appetite for more there’s a great book entitled Men of the Clyde: Stanley Spencer’s Vision at Port Glasgow available on Amazon
Tags: art, Glasgow, painting, Port Glasgow, shipbuilding, Stanley Spencer
