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Stanley Spencer

1891 - 1959

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Sir Stanley Spencer, CBE RA (30 June 1891 – 14 December 1959) was an English painter. Shortly after leaving the Slade School of Art, Spencer became well known for his paintings depicting Biblical scenes occurring as if in Cookham, the small village beside the River Thames where he was born and spent much of his life. Spencer referred to Cookham as "a village in Heaven" and in his biblical scenes, fellow-villagers are shown as their Gospel counterparts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanley Spencer has received more than 529,089 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Stanley Spencer is the 1,724th most popular painter (down from 1,682nd in 2019), the 3,428th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,983rd in 2019) and the 76th most popular British Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Stanley Spencer ranks 1,724 out of 2,023. Before him are Pauline Auzou, Gwen John, Kate Greenaway, Pieter de Grebber, Albín Brunovský, and Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk. After him are Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh, Aristarkh Lentulov, Mike Kelley, Eilif Peterssen, Simeon Solomon, and Margaret Mee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Stanley Spencer ranks 206. Before him are Leopold Vietoris, André Labatut, Nikoloz Muskhelishvili, Karel Petrů, Audrey Munson, and Eino Leino. After him are Archie Mayo, Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch, Hitoshi Sasaki, Gustaf Dyrssen, Fanny Brice, and Willy Birgel. Among people deceased in 1959, Stanley Spencer ranks 148. Before him are Alexander Rueb, Molla Mallory, Carl Switzer, Vitaly Bianki, Akaki Chkhenkeli, and Walter Bathe. After him are Preston Sturges, Ruben Lagus, Roald Larsen, Abdulla Shaig, Paul Rivet, and Lyda Borelli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stanley Spencer ranks 3,428 out of 8,785. Before him are Brian Lumley (1937), Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), John O. Westwood (1805), Joe Jackson (1954), and Wilfred Baddeley (1872). After him are E. L. James (1963), Peter Davison (1951), Tony Martin (1957), Gerrard Winstanley (1609), Peter Molyneux (1959), and Val McDermid (1955).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Stanley Spencer ranks 76. Before him are David Allan (1744), Henry Scott Tuke (1858), David Octavius Hill (1802), Joseph Noel Paton (1821), Gwen John (1876), and Kate Greenaway (1846). After him are Simeon Solomon (1840), Margaret Mee (1909), Marie Spartali Stillman (1844), Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852), David Wilkie (1785), and Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760).

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