Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store:
| Illustrator, painter, designer, born on Nov. 18, 1904 in Melbourne, Australia. He was named for his birthplace, Melbourne and was the son of artist Arthur Brindle. Educated in a one-room school house, he began drawing there in 1914 and the following year did his first painting.
After landing in San Francisco in 1918, he got his first job as a letterer of department store showcards. He remained a self-taught artist except for a brief period at the CSFA. He was active in San Francisco until 1938 when he established a studio in NYC. By then he was a successful illustrator with his works in Woman's Home Companion, Fortune, on covers for Saturday Evening Post and other magazines. As a collector and restorer of antique automobiles, he was especially adept at depicting them. He later lived in Camden, Maine until his demise on Sept. 19, 1995.
Member:
Society of Illustrators; NY Art Directors Club. Exh: SF City Hall, 1929 (with father); Shell Bldg Gallery (SF), 1929; SFAA, 1930; NY Art Directors Club, 1935, 1938 (medals), 1942.
In:
Air & Space Museum (Washington, DC).
Sources:
11 Illustrators in America 1900-1960s by Walt Reed; lnvw; WWAA 1947.
| Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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