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Ruskin Spear

1911–1990

Haute Couture 1954
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Biography

Ruskin Spear, CBE, RA (30 June 1911 – 16 January 1990) was an English painter and teacher of art, regarded as one of the foremost British portrait painters of his day. He is the father of Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band member Roger Ruskin Spear.

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  • Snow Scene

    Ruskin Spear
    1946
  • Mr Hollingbery’s Canary

    Ruskin Spear
    1950
  • Professor Carel Weight

    Ruskin Spear
    1961
  • Haute Couture

    Ruskin Spear
    1954

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  • Portrait Group

    Rodrigo Moynihan
    1951
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