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.

Citations

  • Callaway, Anita (2000), 'Visual Ephemera’, Sydney, NSW.

  • (30 April 1996), 'Australian and European Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Prints, Part II’, Melbourne, Vic : Christies catalogue (citing McCulloch).

  • (1997), 'Renniks Australian Painters’, Sotheby’s catalogue contains the most original material evidently by Clark, Jane.

Initial data sources

  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'