About Walter Spradbery
Lived 1889 – 1969 (aged 79–80). Walter Spradbery was a British painter and designer.
Walter Ernest Spradbery (1889–1969) was a British designer, painter and poet.
Spradbery trained at the Walthamstow School of Art. From 1911 until 1944, he designed posters, primarily for London Transport.
In 1929, he married the opera singer Dorothy d'Orsay, and they settled in Buckhurst Hill, Essex.
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Who was Walter Spradbery?
artist and designer (1889-1969)
When was Walter Spradbery born?
Walter Spradbery was born in 1889.
When did Walter Spradbery die?
Walter Spradbery died in 1969.
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Walter Spradbery was a painter and designer.
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Walter Spradbery was British.
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