About Edward Caldwell Spruce
Lived 1865 – 1922 (aged 56–57). Edward Caldwell Spruce was a sculptor.
Edward Caldwell Spruce (1865 – 7 June 1922) was an English sculptor and artist who mainly worked in Leeds.
Biography Spruce was born in Knutsford, Cheshire in the summer of 1865. Between 1891 and 1893 he was a student at the Leeds College of Art where he also taught clay modelling. His work there includes some fine panels on the Midland Hotel, Manchester. He returned to Leeds to set up as a freelance artist with a studio in Chapeltown, Leeds. Between 1906 and 1915 he exhibited at least four works at the Royal Academy in London.
Spruce was also a noted member of the Leeds branch of the Savage Club, becoming its "Indian Chief" (i.e. president) in 1912. He died in 1922 in Leeds.
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English sculptor and artist
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Edward Caldwell Spruce was born in 1865.
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Edward Caldwell Spruce died in 1922.
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Edward Caldwell Spruce was a sculptor.
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