Melbourne Brindle
Ewart Melbourne Brindle (November 18, 1904 – September 19, 1995) was an Australian-American illustrator and painter. His work included posters for World War II war bonds, magazine illustrations and covers, and US postage stamps; he was particularly known for his illustrations of cars, and in 1971 published a book of portraits of Rolls-Royce Silver Ghosts. Melbourne Brindle was born in and named for Melbourne, one of seven children of Arthur Brindle, who was also an artist;Edan Hughes, ''Artists in California, 1786–1940'', San Francisco: Hughes, 1986, , cited a"Melbourne Brindle, 1904 – 1995" AskArt.com, retrieved February 8, 2016.'Art Instruction'' 3 (193931 in 1918 his family immigrated to San Francisco, where he briefly studied at the California School of Fine Arts and worked first for a department store, then for an advertising agency."Melbourne Brindle", 1930–1940, in Walt Reed, ''The Illustrator in America, 1860–2000'', New York: The Society of Illustrators, 2001, , ...
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