sfonl in Cheshire (the I ranford oi Mrs. Gaskell) in the sixties, he began modellingearly. Employment at a local tile factory was his first start in the serious business of life, but a habitof making portrait busts in his dinner hour, proraked the ire of a foreman and Spruigive up art. left in… … BR01 111 IWKU si kii Studio- Talk a number of years, thereby gaining useful practicalknowledge of architectural and ceramic decorativework. At this time he was also teaching modellingat the Leeds School of Art. With a strong desireto do work of higher order Mr. Spruce went toParis for serious…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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