Austin Briggs

Austin Briggs (1908- 1973) was born in a railroad car and grew up on a farm with no books and no art, He moved to NYC as a teen and his talent was quickly spotted: he did car ads, pulp B&Ws and was assistant to Alex Raymond on Flash Gordon and Secret Agent Corrigan . After WWII, his work was in Redbook, Reader's Digest and The Saturday Evening Post . With Norman Rockwell and Robert Fawcett, he founded the Famous Artists School.

Austin Briggs (1908- 1973) was born in a railroad car and grew up on a farm with no books and no art, He moved to NYC as a teen and his talent was quickly spotted: he did car ads, pulp B&Ws and was assistant to Alex Raymond on Flash Gordon and Secret Agent Corrigan . After WWII, his work was in Redbook, Reader's Digest and The Saturday Evening Post . With Norman Rockwell and Robert Fawcett, he founded the Famous Artists School. See less