Max Angus

Max Rupert Angus AM, FRSA (30 October 1914 – 21 February 2017) was an Australian painter, best known for his watercolour paintings of Tasmanian landscapes.

Max Angus

AM, FRSA
Born(1914-10-20)20 October 1914
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died21 February 2017(2017-02-21) (aged 102)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
NationalityAustralian
EducationHobart Technical College
StyleWatercolour landscapes
Spouse(s)Thedda Corrigan
AwardsMember of the Order of Australia
1978
ElectedFellow of the Royal Society of Arts
1987

He was born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1914. In 1931, he studied art at Hobart Technical College and worked as a sign writer.[1] He later moved to Melbourne to start a commercial art studio with his brother, Don. In 1942, Angus enlisted in the army during World War II, working as the head of the map drafting room in the intelligence department. Discharged in 1945, he returned to Hobart where he worked in several artistic media and endeavours, but ended up concentrating on watercolour paintings of the Tasmanian landscape.[2]

In 1967, Angus was one of several Tasmanian artists and photographers who protested the proposed flooding of Lake Pedder by documenting the original state of the lake in art and photographs. When the photographer Olegas Truchanas drowned in the Gordon River in 1972, Angus wrote a definitive tribute to his friend, The World of Olegas Truchanas, published in 1975.[3]

Angus was made a Member of the Order of Australia on Australia Day in 1978.[4] In 1987, he was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).[3]

Angus died on 21 February 2017, aged 102.[2]

References
  1. "Tasmanian artist Max Angus dies at 102". ABC News. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. Howard, Jessica (25 February 2017). "Renowned Tasmanian painter Max Angus AM dies, aged 102". The Mercury. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  3. Max Angus CV Archived 2018-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, Alcorso Foundation.
  4. "ANGUS, Max Rupert". It's an Honours. Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
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