Lanta (Beatrice Atlanta) Spurrier

(1905-1981 Surrey)

Clogs, c.1940s-1950s

oil on canvas

with the artist’s printed studio label, verso: ‘LANTA SPURRIER/ Granary Studio/ Henfold Lane/ The Holmwood/ Dorking/ Surrey/ Dorking 6375’

51 x 61 cm.

Spurrier was based variously in Reigate and Dorking, but exhibited with Sussex Artists at the Brighton Art Gallery. This wonderfuly freely painted study of clogs was surely inspired by Van Gogh.