OPENING TIMES
| SUMMER: 2
April 2014 - 3 November 2014 |
| EVERY DAY 10.30 am - 5.30 pm
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| WINTER:
7 November 2013 - 30 March 2014 |
| Thursday
to Sunday only 11.00
am - 4.30 pm
(not
open Christmas Day) |
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ADMISSION CHARGES
| ADULTS |
£5.00 |
| CONCESSIONS |
£4.00 (Seniors, Students)
The Art Fund - Free |
| CHILDREN |
Free (with adult) |
| FRIENDS |
Free (ON PRODUCTION OF MEMBERSHIP
CARD) |
| GROUP BOOKINGS WITH TALK £30 PLUS
ADMISSION. WALK ONLY £20 (MUST BE BOOKED IN ADVANCE:
01628 471885) Talk and Walk £50.
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 COOKHAM
FLOODS - GALLERY REMAINS OPEN
We
aim to keep the Gallery open in spite of the floods.
Cookham village is accessible on foot from Cookham Rise - a
pleasant level stroll of about ten minutes. Park in
Cookham Rise or come by train. Please check this website
before travelling, and for the most up to date information on
opening, please ring 01628 530181.
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 STANLEY
SPENCER AND ART IN BRITAIN
2-9
August 2014
Oxford
University Summer School for Adults are planning to run a
course in August. Currently there are a lot of places
still available and so they are planning to make a decision as
to whether to go ahead on 15 March 2014. Click
here for more information on the course.
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 Winter
Exhibition - Stanley Spencer in Cookham
7
November 2013 - 30 March 2014
Spencer’s
name is synonymous with picturesque Thames-side Cookham, the
village he immortalised, termed by him his ‘earthly paradise’.
For him it was the scene of heavenly visitations. This exhibition
celebrates his response to Cookham, whether in figure paintings,
drawings or landscapes.
The
exhibition includes the gallery’s latest acquisition, a striking
study for the picture The
Beatitudes of Love: Consciousness, made in 1937, the year
of his divorce and failed second marriage. At a time when
his life had gone disastrously awry, he embarked without a
sense of irony on The
Beatitudes of Love series, featuring couples, or husbands
and wives. For more information
click here.
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 Summer
Exhibition 2014 - Centenary of First World War
Next summer's exhibition at the Gallery, which runs from April through to
November 2014, is entitled 'Paradise Regained. Spencer in the Aftermath of
the First World War'.
The theme, timed to coincide with the 2014
Centenary of the Great War, is to examine the effect this momentous event had
upon Stanley Spencer's art. On display will be key paintings from the period
through which the artist sought to regain the artistic vision he feared lost as
a result of the trauma of war. Also exhibited will be works and supplementary
material about Spencer's wartime experiences in Macedonia and the
planning of the Burghclere Chapel.
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This
Gallery is dedicated to the life and work of Sir Stanley
Spencer RA. (1891 - 1959)
The Stanley Spencer Gallery was first opened in 1962,
three years after the artist's death. It stands as a lasting memorial to
the man who became synonymous with the village of Cookham. He loved his
home; it gave him the strength and comfort he needed to be able to allow
his imagination to soar and to fully exploit his genius talent for drawing
and painting.
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Please
Can You Help Find Stolen Spencer Painting?
The Trustees of the Gallery regret to
inform you that we suffered a burglary. One painting was stolen,
Cookham from Englefield, painted by Spencer in 1948. Click here for
more information.
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