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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Spear, Ruskin (1911-1990), artist and teacher of art
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- Augustus John Ruskin Spear CBE RA
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Description area
Dates of existence
30 June 1911 – 17 January 1990
History
An English painter and teacher of art, regarded as one of the foremost British portrait painters of his day. Born in Hammersmith, Spear attended the local art school before going on to the Royal College of Art in 1930. He began his teaching career at Croydon School of Art, later teaching at the Royal College of Art from 1948 to 1975, where his students included Sandra Blow