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Robert Sargent Austin BIOGRAPHY
1895 Leicester, England - 1973. Known for: Engraver, landscape, figure.
Primarily an artist active in Great Britain, Robert Austin also exhibited in the United States including the Art Institute of Chicago in 1937. In England, Austin had a renowned reputation as a... Read full biography
Primarily an artist active in Great Britain, Robert Austin also exhibited in the United States including the Art Institute of Chicago in 1937. In England, Austin had a renowned reputation as a painter, draughtsman, engraver and etcher. He received special recognition for being both the President of... Read full biography
Primarily an artist active in Great Britain, Robert Austin also exhibited in the United States including the Art Institute of Chicago in 1937. In England, Austin had a renowned reputation as a painter, draughtsman, engraver and etcher. He received special recognition for being both the President of the Royal Watercolour Society (from 1956) and President of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers (from 1962). Austin was born in Leicester, England, attended the Leicester School of Art from 1909 to... Read full biography
Primarily an artist active in Great Britain, Robert Austin also exhibited in the United States including the Art Institute of Chicago in 1937. In England, Austin had a renowned reputation as a painter, draughtsman, engraver and etcher. He received special recognition for being both the President of the Royal Watercolour Society (from 1956) and President of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers (from 1962). Austin was born in Leicester, England, attended the Leicester School of Art from 1909 to 1913, and then attended the Royal College of Art on a scholarship in 1914, and at that time began to study life drawing seriously. During World War I, he was a gunner with the Royal Artillery, and later depicted some of his experiences in his... Read full biography
Primarily an artist active in Great Britain, Robert Austin also exhibited in the United States including the Art Institute of Chicago in 1937. In England, Austin had a renowned reputation as a painter, draughtsman, engraver and etcher. He received special recognition for being both the President of the Royal Watercolour Society (from 1956) and President of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers (from 1962). Austin was born in Leicester, England, attended the Leicester School of Art from 1909 to 1913, and then attended the Royal College of Art on a scholarship in 1914, and at that time began to study life drawing seriously. During World War I, he was a gunner with the Royal Artillery, and later depicted some of his experiences in his drawings. In 1919, he returned to the Royal College and studied with Sir Frank Short. In 1922, he earned an... Read full biography
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Primarily an artist active in Great Britain, Robert Austin also exhibited in the United States including the Art Institute of Chicago in 1937. In England, Austin had a renowned reputation as a painter, draughtsman, engraver and etcher. He received special recognition for being both the President of the Royal Watercolour Society (from 1956) and President of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers (from 1962).
Austin was born in Leicester, England, attended the Leicester School of Art from 1909 to 1913, and then attended the Royal College of Art on a scholarship in 1914, and at that time began to study life drawing seriously.
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