Nancy Culliford Spender (née Sharp, formerly Coldstream; 29 October 1909 – 20 June 2001) was a British painter, described on her death as "much underrated". Her grandfather, Edward Sharp, had been a surgeon at Truro. She attended Cheltenham Ladies' College and the Slade School of Art from 1928 to 1931. At the Slade, she met and married her first husband, William Coldstream, with whom she had two daughters.

References

</references>

  • .
  • "Nancy Sharp: An Undeservedly Forgotten Exemplar of Modern British Painting" at https://artherstory.net/nancy-sharp-an-undeservedly-forgotten-exemplar-of-modern-british-painting/.
  • Portraits by Nancy Spender in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.