Looking down the path to the front of Sandham Memorial Chapel in Hampshire. It was commissioned by Mr Behrend, to the design of Lionel Pearson, to house the war paintings by Stanley Spencer.
Map Reading by Stanley Spencer. The men are resting during a pause on a route march. The officer consults his orders and map. The paintings at Sandham Memorial Chapel in Hampshire are arguably Spencer's finest achievement.
Tea in the Hosptial Ward by Stanley Spencer 1932. Bread and jam was Spencer's favourite diet. This is one of Spencer's many visionary paintings at Sandham Memorial Chapel, Hampshire.
Reveille by Stanley Spencer. Soldiers are dressing and shaving when their companions look in to tell them that the war is over. Painting at Sandham Memorial Chapel, Hampshire.
Bedmaking by Stanley Spencer The painting is of a hospital ward in a requisitioned house in Salonika where Spencer was sent as a patient when taken ill with malaria.
Scrubbing the Floor by Stanley Spencer 1927. A shell-shocked man in a corridor of the Beaufort Hospital is scrubbing the floor. Drab featureless walls.
Convoy Arriving with Wounded by Stanley Spencer. The first picture to be painted in Sandham Memorial Chapel, Hamphire. It shows the human companionship of war, not the horror.
The Resurrection of the Soldiers by Stanley Spencer at Sandham Memorial Chapel, Hampshire. A First World War memorial painted in the 1920's showing scenes from Salonica.
