Jan Feliks Senbergs b. 1939

Also known as John Senbergs, Jan Senbergs, Jānis Šēnbergs
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Jan Senbergs is one of that remarkable generation of European refugee immigrants whose sensibility so influenced Australian culture. His work has been featured in numerous group and solo exhibitions, including a major survey exhibition Imagined Sites - Imagined Realities at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne in 1994 and a survey of his career at the National Gallery of Victoria in 2016.
Tags: Refugees, Industrial Landscapes, humanism
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Name
Jan Feliks Senbergs
Also known as:
  • John Senbergs
  • Jan Senbergs
  • Jānis Šēnbergs
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Art Teacher (ANZSIC code: 810) 1967 - RMIT, Melbourne, Victoria
Tags:
Refugees
Industrial Landscapes
humanism
Birth date
1939
Birth place
Riga, Latvia
Active Period
  • c.1959 -
Arrival
  • 1950 (Displaced Person after WWII)
Residence
  • 1939 - Riga, Latvia
  • c.1941 - c.1949 Germany (Senbergs’ family were forced to relocate to Germany during World War II)
  • 1950 - Melbourne, VIC
Training
  • technical school, 1952 - c.1955 Richmond Technical School, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • Apprentice Silk Screen Printing, c.1956 - 1960 Melbourne School of Printing and Graphic Arts, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • Screen Printing, c.1956 - c.1960 Melbourne School of Printing and Graphic Arts, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Cultural Heritage
  • Latvian
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'
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Related collections
  • Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Government House, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Athenaeum Club, Melbourne, Victoria (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, USA (collected in)
  • Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • High Court of Australia Art Collection, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Law Council of Victoria, Melbourne (collected in)
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA (collected in)
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD (collected in)
  • QAGOMA, Southbank, QLD (collected in)
  • State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Government House, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Artbank, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Athenaeum Club, Melbourne, Victoria (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, USA (collected in)
  • Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • High Court of Australia Art Collection, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Law Council of Victoria, Melbourne (collected in)
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA (collected in)
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD (collected in)
  • QAGOMA, Southbank, QLD (collected in)