Portrait of Claire Seated Black & White Priestley and Thesiger and the

Priestley and Thesiger and the result was exhibited that year at his solo show with the Goupil Gallery

By the age of thirty she and her husband Ernst were in the centre of Parisian Café society

As a Monmouthshire boy I’m disappointed only to crowbar one Welsh painter into the show but David is a fine ambassador for our shared culture

the bomb sites and perhaps most of all the Black & White film

Portrait of Claire Seated Black & White Priestley and Thesiger and theSpear has long been an artist beyond my pocket, a Modern British painter who has a loyal and determined fan base amongst collectors and dealers alike. I was delighted to find these two portraits tucked away in a country saleroom during the first lockdown for something of a steal. Both paintings portray Claire Stafford and therein lies a story. Spear had a long and presumably happy marriage to Mary who he remained with all his life. However in the mid