Watercolour

Signed; signed and inscribed with the artist's address on the backboard

21.00 x 24.50cm (8.27 x 9.65 inches)

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.

He was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Watercolour Society and later became President of the Society.