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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Painted backdrop for Much Ado About Nothing.

 
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Painted backdrop for Comedy Banishing Melancholy.

 
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Old George Street Markets, York Street
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Alternative title: 'Street Scene in Sydney’.

 

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  • NSW Society of Artists (associate of)
  • Victorian Artists' Society (associate of)
  • [Royal] Art Society of New South Wales (associate of)
  • Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colors (associate of)
  • London Savage Club (associate of)
  • Royal Academy (associate of)
  • Australian Artists' Association (associate of)
  • NSW Society of Artists (associate of)
  • Victorian Artists' Society (associate of)
  • [Royal] Art Society of New South Wales (associate of)
  • Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colors (associate of)
  • London Savage Club (associate of)
  • Royal Academy (associate of)