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Gilbert Spencer:
Ploughed Land, Garsington, circa 1923
Framed (ref: 10144)

Oil on canvas

Signed

18 1/10 x 20 in. (46 x 51 cm)

Tags: Gilbert Spencer oil farms/domestic animals Garden houses landscape Gilbert Spencer Slade Garden Museum

Provenance: Private Collection

In 1922 Spencer started teaching at  The Ruskin School of Art (University of Oxford). and Lady Ottoline Morrell, with whom Spencer was friendly since before the war,] found him a room in the village of Garsington near Oxford.    Morel offered him easy access to her own house, Garsington Manor, which was frequented by many illustrious guests including the Bloomsbury set.  While living there, Spencer painted Trees at Garsington (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford), Garsington Roofs and The Sheep Fold at Upper Farm which are described by  Catherine Martineau as having a characteristic directness of line and clarity of colour.

Trees at Garsington, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford