Walter Brookes Spong b. 1851

  • Artist (Painter)
Spong first worked in Australia with Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Frederick McCubbin painting theatrical backdrops. After eleven years in the country, working primarily in watercolour, Spong returned to England via Cairo with Streeton.
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associate of
Tom Roberts
1856
Artist (Photographer), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Arthur Streeton
1867
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Printmaker), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Arthur Jose De Souza Loureiro
1853
Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
George Rossi Ashton
1857
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Painter)
associate of
Julian Ashton
Artist
parent of
Hilda Spong
Other occupation
associate of
Phil Goatcher
1851
Artist (Theatre / Film Designer)
associate of
Frederick McCubbin
1851
Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman)

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References [<ExternalResource: Callaway, Anita (2000), 'Visual Ephemera', Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (30 April 1996), 'Australian and European Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Prints, Part II', Melbourne, Vic : Christies catalogue (citing McCulloch).>, <ExternalResource: (1997), 'Renniks Australian Painters', Sotheby's catalogue contains the most original material evidently by Clark, Jane.>]