Collection 2021/2 - Portrait of Dan Sprod

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Identity area

Reference code

AU TAS UTAS SPARC 2021/2

Title

Portrait of Dan Sprod

Date(s)

  • c1985 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

framed oil on canvas 93 x 110cm.

Context area

Name of creator

(1914-2017)

Biographical history

Max Rupert Angus AM, FRSA (30 October 1914 – 21 February 2017) was an Australian painter, best known for his watercolour paintings of Tasmanian landscapes.
He was born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1914. In 1931, he studied art at Hobart Technical College and ... »

Name of creator

(1924-)

Biographical history

Dan Sprod was born in South Australia in 1924. He served in the Royal Australian Navy (1942-46), attended Adelaide University and graduated Bachelor of Arts (1948-50), before joining the National Library in 1951. He held a number of senior positions, ... »

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented to Dan Sprod by the artist. Donated by the Sprod family in 2021

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Framed oil painting by Max Angus (1914-2017): a portrait of Dan Sprod (1924-2018), former Morris Miller Librarian (1966-75) and subsequently proprietor of Blubber Head Press and Astrolabe Antiquarian Books, seated at the window of his home in Sandy Bay ... »

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing reproduction

This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.... »

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