Derrick Latimer Sayer studied at the Chelsea School of Art under Graham Sutherland and Henry Moore followed by a period at Ben Nicholson’s studio in Paris. Founded the Mousehole Group (1936-39) with George Lambourn and Guy Allen. Sayer turned to commercial work including advertising and book illustration at the same time exhibiting at the Redfern, Leicester and Storran Galleries. By 1966 he became a full time teacher and retired as head of Chelsea and Westminster Adult Education Institute. In 1994 there was a sell-out show at Hicks Gallery, Wimbledon followed by more pictures exhibited there in 2006.