Background
SPENLOVE-SPENLOVE, Frank was born in Stirling. Son of Captain John Francis Spenlove-Spenlove (Fife Artillery) of Abingdon, Berkshire. Great-grandson of Sir Marmaduke Constable, High Court Judge.
SPENLOVE-SPENLOVE, Frank was born in Stirling. Son of Captain John Francis Spenlove-Spenlove (Fife Artillery) of Abingdon, Berkshire. Great-grandson of Sir Marmaduke Constable, High Court Judge.
Two d. Member (of Council) Royal Society of British Artists. Awarded the Gold Medal at Paris Salon, 1901, Funerailles dans les Pays bas, un jour d’hiver, purchased by the French Government for the Luxembourg, 1901. Exhibited first at Royal Academy, 1886.
And each year from that date, including After Summer Days. Avenues of Gold.
Night’s Awakening. The Hurrying Storm; A Winter’s Tale—Funeral Blessings, Holland.
Gilded Pastures; Over the Valley. And Unto this Last—The Pilot’s Funeral. Too Late (bought by France for the Luxembourg, 1905).
Darsham Vale; Autumn Glory. The Little White Cross (purchased by City of Manchester for Permanent Gallery). Grey of the Morn (City of London, Guildhall Collection).
Tn the Shadow of the Church 6o a (acquired by the City of Manchester for the Art Gallery, 1904). Light of the West; The Little Prayer (Salon). Vespers, Holland (New Gallery, 1906, jmrehased by City of Glasgow).
Le dernier Voyage (acquired, 1906, by the City of Paris for the Hotel de Ville, Paris). Grey of Evening (bought by City of Hull, 1907). As the Leaves Fall, 1907 (bought by Paris Municipal Council).
The Upland Way, 1908. Is it Nothing to Him? 1909. The Church Porch —FrancoBritish Exhibition and Salon (selected for purchase by French Government, and acquired for the Sclosse Collection, 1909).
Founded The Spenlove School of Modern Art at Beckenham (known as the Yellow Door School), 1896. Member Committee British Art Section, Liege Internat. Exposition, 1906, awarded Diploma of Honour. R.I., R.C.A., Landscape and Figure Painter.
Royal Institute of Oil Painters. Royal Society of British Artists. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Royal British Colonial Society of Artists. Clubs: Arts, London Sketch, United Arts, Chelsea Arts.
Spouse 1891, Clara Florence,daughter of Henry BostwickStrong of London, Canada.