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Francis Spear:
Still life with fruit and hand painted silk scarf, circa 1925
Framed (ref: 8031)
Signed with initials
Watercolour and pen and ink

Tags: Francis Spear ink pen and ink watercolour still lifes Golden Generation RCA

Provenance: Simon Spear, the artist’s son

Francis Spear is an important figure in twentieth century English stained glass. His working career covers 50 years, from 1922 when he began working with Martin Travers, to 1972, when he ceased teaching at Reigate School of Art.

During his career, he designed some notable windows, and a short list would include his earliest window, at Warwick School (1925), St. Olave's in the City (1929), Snaith (1936), Beckenham (1948), Canterbury (1949), Glasgow Cathedral (1951, 1953, 1958), Highbury (1955), Westgate (1960) and Penarth (1962).

The collection of the Prints and Drawings department of the Victoria & Albert Museum own all of  the surviving cartoons for the  300 extant windows he produced over his fifty year long career.

We are gratefully to Alan Brooks and Simon Spear for assistance.