Vera Spencer

Vera Spencer (1926 – 14 January 2021) was a British painter and textile designer, whose work has been described as constructivist and modernist.

Her work is exhibited and preserved in several public collections, including the Arts Council, the Tate gallery.

[1] Vera Spencer was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1926 but moved with her family to the United Kingdom in 1936.

[1] Her friendship with Paule Vézelay and links with Groupe Espace in Paris led to her joining the English branch, where she participated in their inaugural exhibition at the Royal Festival Hall in 1955.

[1] Alastair Grieve mentions Saunders in his 2005 book "Constructed Abstract Art in England After the Second World War: A Neglected Avant-Garde".