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Matthew Spender

Author of Within Tuscany: Reflections on a Time and Place (Penguin Travel)

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About the Author

Matthew Spender is a writer and sculptor. He married the eldest daughter of Arshile Gorky in 1968

Includes the names: Mathew Spender, Spender Matthew

Works by Matthew Spender

Within Tuscany: Reflections on a Time and Place (Penguin Travel) (1992) 129 copies

From a High Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky (1999) 48 copies

A House in St John's Wood: In Search of My Parents (2015) 42 copies

Arshile Gorky and the Genesis of Abstraction: Drawings from the Early 1930s (1994) 12 copies

Mythology [Pace Gallery, February 22 - April 14, 2012] (2012) 3 copies

Le Contradaiole (2004) 1 copy

Bella Tuscany 1 copy

Associated Works

Travelers' Tales ITALY : True Stories (1998) — Contributor — 115 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Spender, Matthew
Birthdate: 1945
Gender: male
Nationality: UK (birth)
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Places of residence: Tuscany, Italy
St John's Wood, London, England, UK
Education: Oxford University
Slade School of Fine Art
Occupations: sculptor
Relationships: Spender, Stephen (father)

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A House in St John's Wood: In Search of My Parents by Matthew Spender

Partially an examination of his parents' lives and marriage, partly an examination of his own life and marriage.

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ritaer | Mar 16, 2016 |

Within Tuscany: Reflections on a Time and a Place… by Matthew Spender

Moody and reflective but at the same time full of what life might feel like in Tuscany.

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Harrod | Sep 7, 2010 |

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Works: 7
Also by: 1
Members: 236
Popularity: #95,935
Rating: ½ 3.5

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 19
Languages: 3

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