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Robert Sargent Austin, R.A., P.R.E., P.R.W.S.The Flight into Egyptc. 1925
c. 1925
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c.1925. Line engraving. 6 1/2 x 10 3/8 (sheet 10 1/4 x 17). A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream laid paper. Signed and dated in pencil.
Housed in a 16 x 20-inch archival mat, suitable for framing.
Robert Sargent Austin RE RWS RA (23 June 1895- 18 September 1973) was a noted artist, illustrator, engraver and currency designer and was widely considered to be one of Britain's leading printmakers.
Austin studied at Leicester Municipal School of Art from 1909 to 1913, then at the Royal College of Art in London where his studies were interrupted by the First World War. He returned to the College in 1919 when he studied etching under Sir Frank Short and was awarded a scholarship in engraving to study in Italy. During the last 10 years of the etching revival between 1920 and 1930 he produced etchings from copper plates worked in very fine detail in an almost Pre-Raphaelite style. During the Second World War Austin worked as a war artist recording the efforts of women in the Royal Air Force and in the nursing services for the War Artists' Advisory Committee. He then returned to teaching at the Royal College of Art as Professor of Engraving from 1946. Austin acted as an advisor on the design of banknotes to the Bank of England between 1956 and 1961 and designed the ten shillings and one pound notes issued in the early 1960s.
Austin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers (R.E.) in 1927 and succeeded Malcolm Osborne to become President from 1962 to 1979. He was elected a full member of the Royal Watercolour Society (R.W.S.) in 1934 and served as President from 1957 to 1973. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1939 and to the full membership (R.A.) in 1949 as an engraver.
- Creator:Robert Sargent Austin, R.A., P.R.E., P.R.W.S. (1895 - 1973, British)
- Creation Year:c. 1925
- Dimensions:Height: 6.5 in (16.51 cm)Width: 10.38 in (26.37 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Storrs, CT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU33521400483
Robert Sargent Austin, R.A., P.R.E., P.R.W.S.
Austin was born in Leicester where he studied at the School of Art before going on to the Royal College of Art where he won the Rome Scholarship for engraving in 1922. He taught engraving at the Royal College of Art from 1927 and became professor of the department of graphic design in 1948. A member of the Royal Academy and Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers he was also a regular exhibitor at the Royal Watercolour Society and was elected President of the Society, 1957-1973.
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