He was the younger brother of the artist Stanley Spencer. During the First World War, after somewhat pacifist misgivings on the part of both themselves and their mother, both Stanley and Gilbert served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, initially at the Beaufort War Hospital in Bristol. Gilbert was then drafted to the Macedonian front, serving in Salonika and in the Eastern Mediterranean 1915–19. He returned to his studies at The Slade after the war (1919–20).
(Sir Stanley Spencer, CBE RA (30 June 1891 – 14 December 1959) also served in Salonika during WW1.
To mark of the launch of the remarkable new Gilbert Spencer Online Catalogue (details below) - Liss Llewellyn is delighted to announce a selling exhibition of some of his finest works.
The Gilbert Spencer Online Catalogue has been directed by Professor Paul Gough, with content by Dr Amy Lim and website design and build by Rich Tarr. It has been generously funded by a grant from the Research and Knowledge Exchange Committee at Arts University Bournemouth.
For further information, please contact Eva@lissllewellyn.com
https://gilbertspencercatalogue.org/
