Arthur Spooner (painter)

[[File:Nottingham College of Art building, Waverley Street.jpg|thumb|Nottingham School of Art where Arthur Spooner trained and taught.]]

'''Arthur Spooner''' (1873–1962) was a British painter from Nottingham, England.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/arthur-spooner/past-auction-results | title=Arthur Spooner (British, 1873–1962): Past Auctions Results | publisher=Artnet | accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-13858816 |title=Dan Snow explores work of artist Arthur Spooner |publisher=BBC News Nottingham | date=27 June 2011 | accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref>

Spooner was born in Nottingham and trained at the Nottingham School of Art (now part of Nottingham Trent University) in the late 19th century. He later taught landscape and figurative painting there in the early 20th century.<ref name="bbc-nottingham">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2009/04/21/arthur_spooner_painting_nottingham_castle_feature.shtml|title=Notts treasures: Spooner's Goose Fair | work=Nottingham: Local History | publisher=BBC | date=May 2009 | access-date=20 September 2011}}</ref>

Arthur Spooner was a member of the Nottingham Society of Artists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nottinghamartists.org.uk/news/arthur-spooner-1873-1962-founder-member-of-the-nottingham-society-of-artists |title=Arthur Spooner 1873–1962. Founder Member of the Nottingham Society of Artists |publisher=Nottingham Society of Artists, UK |date=14 March 2010 |accessdate=20 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402171653/http://www.nottinghamartists.org.uk/news/arthur-spooner-1873-1962-founder-member-of-the-nottingham-society-of-artists |archive-date=2 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He painted ''The Goose Fair, Nottingham'' in 1926.<ref name="bbc-nottingham" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/initial-teacher-education/primary/learning/spooner.aspx | title=About 'The Goose Fair Nottingham' | work=Initial Teacher Education | publisher=The National Gallery, London, UK |accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref> The painting was sold at Christie's in 2004<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.christies.com/Lotfinder/LotDetailsPrintable.aspx?intObjectID=4295763 | title=Arthur Spooner (1873–1962): The Goose Fair, Nottingham | publisher=Christie's, London, UK |accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref> and is displayed in Nottingham Castle.

== See also == * Nottingham Goose Fair

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