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Austin Osman Spare
Austin Osman Spare was 17 when his work was featured in the London Royal Academy of Arts’ prestigious Summer Exhibition. He was the youngest artist in the exhibition that year, and journalists descended to ordain the latest youth art prodigy. His style was praised as ‘unparalleled’ by the popular Welsh artist Augustus John, and John Singer Sargent reportedly believed Spare was the greatest draftsman in England. read more