Noel Woodward Spencer (1900-1986)

Painter, etcher, stained glass artist and teacher born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire the son of a school teacher. Spencer studied at Ashton under Lyne School of Art and Manchester School of Art and the Royal College of Art. His teaching posts included drawing master of Moseley School of Art, Birmingham and similar posts at Huddersfield, Sheffield and finally at Norwich School of Art from where he retired in 1964. During his time in that city, he was a member and exhibitor with Norfolk and Norwich Art Circle and the Norwich 20 Group. His subject matter was largely architectural in watercolour and tempera and he exhibited at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Walker Art Gallery, New English Art Club and Royal Academy of Arts. Examples of his work are held in the collections of the Museum of London, Fleetwood Museum, Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Cornwall Museum, Museums Sheffield, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Kirklees Mu