biographie de Charles Percy AUSTIN (1883-1948)

Birth place: Denver, CO

Death place: Santa Monica, CA

Addresses: Santa Monica, CA, from 1908

Profession: Painter, designer, illustrator, decorator

Studied: Denver School Art, with Henry Read; ASL, with John T. Twachtman; Claudio Castelucho, Paris

Exhibited: Pan.-Calif. Int'l Expo., San Diego, 1915 (silver med.); Bohemian Club, 1928

Member: California AC; California WC Soc.

Work: murals, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Montecito, CA; St. Peter's Church, Los Angeles; San Juan Capistrano, CA

Comments: Specialty: posters. Illus., Capistrano Nights," by Saunders and O'Sullivan, 1930.

Sources: WW53; WW47. More recently, see Hughes, Artists of California, 26; Peggy and Harold Samuels, 14."