Synopses & Reviews
Stanley Spencerandrsquo;s 1937 painting of his wife and daughter,and#160;
Hilda, Unity, and Dollsand#160;is famous both as a painting and as the complicated public face of a difficult, even unpleasant family story. A few years before, Spencer had left his wife Hilda and daughter Unity for a new lover, a painter whom he would go on to marryandmdash;and eventually learn was a fraud.and#160;
Hilda, Unity, and Dollsand#160;depicts the women he had left behind, more or less at the moment when Hilda rejected reconciliation.
This book tells that storyandmdash;and much, much moreandmdash;from Unityandrsquo;s perspective. An engaging, moving, and surprisingly light-hearted account of a life that had its share of sorrow,and#160;Lucky to Be an Artistand#160;is an account of an unconventional family and the birth of an artist, as well as the tale of a woman who refused to be held back by early trauma and insisted on forging her own artistic path.and#160;
About the Author
Unity Spencer has exhibited widely throughout Britain. Now in her eighties, she still teaches printmaking to art students.