Time for overlooked artist to take the spotlight
Gilbert Spencer at Abbot Hall in Cumbria, Infinite Encounters at Liverpool Cathedral, David Clapham at the Williamson Art Gallery, Shirley Craven at the Whitworth
They arrived en masse and stayed for five years - 150 art students surprising the locals with their unkempt beards and London hairstyles, but who threw themselves into village life and quickly became part of the community. It was 1940 when the students and staff of the Royal College of Art were evac…
