The Puppet Master
Robert Austin
c. 1926
Medium
graphite and charcoal squared in graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 19 x 18.3 cm (7 1/2 x 7 3/16 in.) sheet: 28.6 x 28.2 cm (11 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.977
About the Artist
Robert Austin
Robert Sargent Austin RA PPRWS PPRE (1895–1973) was a preeminent British engraver, draughtsman, illustrator, and painter, born in Leicester, England, where his prodigious talent emerged early—at just eight years old, he exhibited with the Royal Drawing Society.) He trained first at the Leicester Municipal School of Art from 1909 to 1913, then at the Royal College of Art from 1914–1916 and 1919–192...