After visiting the Gauguin exhibition it occured to me how important narrative was in Gaugin's work and it made me think of Stanley Spencer's resurrection paintings. Both artists also have a spiritual side, Gauguin disavowed the Catholic church yet explored spiritual themes and even Christian ones as in Christ in the Garden of Olives(pictured), whilst Spencer had a deeply religious Christian upbringing and often referred to biblical passages in his work as in Zacharias and Elizabeth (pictured).
