Fred C. Britton

Frederick Christian Britton (21 May 1889 – 14 December 1931) was an artist and arts educator in South Australia and New South Wales.

History Britton was born in Peckham, London and studied painting at the Brook Green School of Art, then the Slade School of Fine Art, London under Professor Henry Tonks and the Hammersmith School of Arts and Crafts. He was a member of the South Australian Society of Arts, but quite critical of a section of its membership. In 1927 he moved to Sydney, replaced by F. Millward Grey, to join the advertising studio of Smith and Julius, then was appointed to the East Sydney Technical College.

Works

Britton is represented in the following collections: Carrick Hill National Gallery of Victoria On the Murray (etching) view here Powerhouse Museum Demolition of the Old Sydney Mint (1927 Etching) Historic Houses Trust Hyde Park Barracks & District Court view here Art Gallery of South Australia Railway Station, Adelaide (1924 pencil drawing) view here; "Granny" Euniapon of Point McLeay (1916 crayon sketch). Elsewhere spelled "Unaipon". Pininbingerie, companion piece to the above.

Family He married Annie "Nance" Russell in 1912; they had one daughter Zara.