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Frederick Austin:
Apple picking
Framed (ref: 7732)
Pen and ink, watercolour

Tags: Frederick Austin ink pen and ink watercolour Garden Museum RCAGardenMusuem

Provenance: The Artist's Family

Frederick won the coveted scholarship in Engraving to the British School at Rome in 1927, some five years after his brother had achieved the same distinction.  Attempting to throw off the burden of working in his brothers shadow he insisted on being called Austin Frederick, (Mr Frederick). 

Exhibited: Sanctuary, Artist-Gardeners, 1919-39, Garden Museum, London, 25th February – 5 April, 2020

Literature: Christopher Woodward, Sanctuary: Artist-Gardeners, 1919–1939, published by Liss Llewellyn, 2020