Artist Info
Francis H. Spear
English stained glass artist and lithographer. He produced more than 300 stained glass windows in over 130 public locations, including six cathedrals.
Spear attended the Central School of Arts & Crafts, graduating in Industrial Design (with a specialisation in stained glass) in 1923. His designed three posters for London Tramways, while at the Central School in 1923. He went on to study at the Royal College of Art, gaining a Diploma from the Design School in 1926.
In 1922, while still a student, he had become pupil-assistant to the leading English practitioner of stained glass, Martin Travers, and continued to assist him until the Second World War.
In 1928, Spear became part-time Teacher of Lithography at the Royal College of Art (remaining until 1948), and from 1929 until 1953 held a position as part-time instructor in stained glass at the Central School.
Member of ACES.
