The artwork, titled “Self Portrait with Patricia Preece,” was painted by Stanley Spencer in 1937 using oil on canvas. It belongs to the Neo-Romanticism art movement and depicts a self-portrait within the genre of nude painting (nu). This work is housed in the Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge, in Cambridge, UK.
In the artwork, Stanley Spencer has portrayed himself alongside Patricia Preece in an intimate and somber composition. The figures are depicted without clothing, presenting a raw and unfiltered depiction of human forms intertwined within a bed. The background features a floral-patterned wall, contributing a gentle contrast to the starkness of the subjects’ exposed bodies. This painting exemplifies Spencer’s intricate attention to the human form and his ability to convey emotional depth through body language and facial expressions within the confines of domestic life.
