{"id":16753,"date":"2025-08-11T17:44:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T00:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/?post_type=book&#038;p=16753"},"modified":"2025-08-11T17:44:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T00:44:47","slug":"stanley-spencer-and-the-english-garden","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/stanley-spencer-and-the-english-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanley Spencer and the English Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For 20 years, Rebecca Alexander was a mainstay of the Elisabeth C. Miller Library staff.\u00a0 Rebecca retired at the end of June 2025, but <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16746 wp-img alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/1907372121.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"160\" \/>before she went, I asked about her favorite books in the Miller Library collection.\u00a0 I was not surprised that the list of books \u201cthat have made a lasting impression\u201d she provided was extensive and quite varied.\u00a0 Many are in her personal collection.<\/p>\n<p>Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) was a well-known English artist who painted a wide scope of subjects, but Rebecca\u2019s favorites of his works are of gardens.\u00a0 An overview of these works is found in \u201cStanley Spencer and the English Garden,\u201d edited by Steven Parissien.<\/p>\n<p>Of present-day artist <a href=\"https:\/\/hortlib.kohacatalog.com\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=14458\">Tessa Newcomb<\/a>, Rebecca says her \u201cuse of color and space is reminiscent of Stanley Spencer, but her style is looser and more dynamic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reviewed by: Brian Thompson on May 23, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Excerpted from the Summer 2025 issue of the <em>Arboretum Bulletin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 20 years, Rebecca Alexander was a mainstay of the Elisabeth C. Miller Library staff.\u00a0 Rebecca retired at the end of June 2025, but before she went, I asked about her favorite books in the Miller Library collection.\u00a0 I was not surprised that the list of books \u201cthat have made a lasting impression\u201d she provided was extensive and quite varied.\u00a0 Many are in her personal collection. Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) was a well-known English artist who painted a wide scope of&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/stanley-spencer-and-the-english-garden\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stanley Spencer and the English Garden<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[],"class_list":["post-16753","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book\/16753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/book"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=16753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}