# Matthew Spender

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{{Short description|English sculptor (1945–2026)}}
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'''Matthew Spender''' (1945 – 31 May 2026) was an English sculptor. 

==Life and career==
Spender was born in [London](/source/London), England in 1945, the son of the poet [Stephen Spender](/source/Stephen_Spender) and the pianist [Natasha Spender](/source/Natasha_Spender).<ref>"Matthew Spender." ''Contemporary Authors Online''. [Gale](/source/Gale_(publisher)), 2017. Retrieved via ''Biography in Context'' database, 16 December 2017.</ref>He was the father of the filmmaker [Cosima Spender](/source/Cosima_Spender).<ref>https://www.alainelkanninterviews.com/cosima-spender/</ref>

He was the author of ''From a High Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky'' (1999), a biography of his father-in-law, the artist [Arshile Gorky](/source/Arshile_Gorky),<ref>Andrew Solomon, [https://www.nytimes.com/books/99/07/11/reviews/990711.11solomot.html "His Life Was a Forgery"], ''The New York Times'', 11 July 1999.</ref> and ''A House in St John's Wood'' (2015), about his father, the poet [Stephen Spender](/source/Stephen_Spender).<ref>[http://www.bookdepository.com/House-St-Johns-Wood-Matthew-Spender/9780008132064 "''A House in St John's Wood''"], bookdepository.com.</ref>  He also wrote ''Within Tuscany: Reflections on a Time and Place'' (1992, Viking, and 1993, Penguin.)

Spender died in [Gaiole in Chianti](/source/Gaiole_in_Chianti), [Tuscany](/source/Tuscany) in May 2026, at the age of 81.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/2026/05/31/matthew-spender-morto|title=Arte, è morto Matthew Spender l'artista che incantò Bertolucci|first=Sky|last=TG24|date=31 May 2026|website=tg24.sky.it}}</ref>

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