AUSTIN, Frederick Sargent

Frederick Austin (1902 – 1990) was a British painter, etcher and engraver. He studied at Leicester College of Art and at Royal College of Art under Malcolm Osborne, William Rothenstein and Randolph Schwabe, Brother of Robert Austin. He won the Prix de Rome in 1927 for his work Flight into Egypt. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Exhibited RA, RE of which he was a member, and extensively abroad. British Museum, Graves Art Gallery in Sheffield and several foreign collections hold his work. Lived in London.