 George AugustaGeorge Augusta is a native Bostonian. His first interest in painting developed as a young soldier in Italy during World War II. After a brief period of study in Florence he returned home to become a private student of the well-known Boston painter and teacher, Ernest L. Major. Mr. Augusta maintains his studio north of Boston in West Newbury, Massachusetts. Augusta specializes in commission portraits of men, women and children in oil or pastel in a traditional impressionist style. He also paints landscapes, figure studies and still lives.Since then, Mr. Augusta has pursued his career with special emphasis on portraiture, some of the portraits he is credited in painting are, Dr. Raymond D. Adams, Chief of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Ruth Adams, President, Wellesley College, Mrs. Barry Bingham Jr., Glenview, Louisville, KY, Gerhard Bleicken, Board Chmn., John Hancock Life Insurance Co., Derek Bok, President, Harvard University, George Garvin Brown, Board Chmn., Brown-Forman Co., Louisville, KY, Clark Clifford,U.S. Secretary of Defense, Norris Cotton,U.S. Senator, New Hampshire, Stanton Deland, Board Chmn., Affiliated Hospital Center Inc., John E. Ellsworth, Chmn., Emeritus, Ensign Bickford Industries Inc., Mills E. Godwin, Governor of Virginia, Leo Goldberg, Prof. of Astronomy, Harvard University, Thomas Graves, President, William and Mary College, Dana McLean Greeley, Minister, Unitarian Church, Concord, Mass.,Francis W Sargent, former Governor of Massachusetts, and Edward Gullion, Dean, School of International Affairs, Tufts University.Mr. Augusta is currently a member of the Guild of Boston Artists and the Copley Society, and currently lives in West Newbury, Massachusetts.See work from this artist. Artist List |
