clifford eric martin hall, rba, roi, was a british painter of street scenes and bohemian life who towards the end of his career began to paint women covered almost head to toe and with their faces usually hidden. born in wandsworth, london, hall spent his youth in richmond, at sheen avenue, then in mount arras road. he was educated first at elm tree house school, then richmond hill school from 1914, followed by king's college school, wimbledon. in the 1920s he studied at richmond art school under charles wheeler and at putney art school under stanley anderson. from 1925 to 1927 he studied at…