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During his career Austin provided design and illustration services to industrial firms, public utilities, and governmental agencies. He combined his love of color and illustration and became a prolific watercolorist in upstate New York. In the 1940s and 1950s, he worked extensively with the Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum, where he provided design, illustration, display, and documentation services for the Museums. This illustration depicts Todd’s General Store at the Farmers’ Museum.
Artist
Erwin Hoyt Austin
(1912 - 1976)
Country Store
Date1950
MediumWatercolor on paper
DimensionsSight: 23 × 21 in. (58.4 × 53.3 cm)
Object numberN0089.1974
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of the Farmers' Museum Gift Shop
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextAustin’s career as a designer/illustrator began at age 6, when he stumbled into a stained glass shop at the end of his street. His formal training was at Pratt Institute’s School of Fine Arts, from which he graduated in 1933.During his career Austin provided design and illustration services to industrial firms, public utilities, and governmental agencies. He combined his love of color and illustration and became a prolific watercolorist in upstate New York. In the 1940s and 1950s, he worked extensively with the Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum, where he provided design, illustration, display, and documentation services for the Museums. This illustration depicts Todd’s General Store at the Farmers’ Museum.
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