Jan Senbergs Australia, 1939-2024
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About Jan Senbergs
Born in Latvia in 1939, Senbergs arrived in Australia in 1950. Although he has had no formal artistic training he has worked as a screen printer and attended the melbourne School of Printing & Graphic Design. Now established as a painter and printmaker, he won the Helena Rubinstein Travelling Scholarship in 1966 and travelled to Europe the same year to study. He was appointed Lecturer in Fine Arts at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology later in 1966 until 1990. He has exhibited in many parts of the world.
In our database, 330 works by Jan Senbergs are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1971, of which 237 (72%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $41,727 for Venice, 2007-08 sold by Menzies in March 2023. This year 2 works have been offered for sale. Works by Jan Senbergs are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of NSW and a further nine major public national galleries (see list below).
Jan Senbergs is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 869
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 611
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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