Frank Spenlove-Spenlove

Frank Spenlove-Spenlove (1868–1933) was an English landscape and figure painter, although born in Stirling, Scotland.

Work

From 1886, Spenlove-Spenlove exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, London.

In 1896, he founded a successful school of modern art at Beckenham, Kent, called the Yellow Door School of Art.

He is also known as an author.

All of Spenlove-Spenlove's paintings show his peculiar skill in the rendering of an atmosphere. Among the best known are:

* "Funeral in Holland in Winter" (gold medal, The Salon, Paris, 1901)
* "Too Late" (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)
* "The Little White Cross" (Manchester Art Gallery)
* "In the Shadow of the Church" (Manchester Art Gallery)
* "Vespers, Holland" (1906, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow)
* "Grey of the Morn" (Guildhall, London)
* "Grey of Evening" (Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston upon Hull)
* "The Hill-Top" (1912)

References

* [http://dl.lib.brown.edu:8080/exist/mjp/plookup.xq?id=Spenlove-SpenloveFrank Frank Spenlove-Spenlove at brown.edu]