Ben Austrian
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Gosffo
N 40° 37.969 W 075° 53.530
18T E 424552 N 4498380
Peep, peep! I created the Bon Ami chick!
Waymark Code: WM1941
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/01/2007
Views: 75
Marker Text:
Born in Reading, this self-taught artist won international recognition for his paintings of barnyard and woodland creatures, still lifes, and landscapes. He was the creator of the famed Bon Ami chick. Ben Austrian had studios in Paris and Florida and at Mount Penn, but the place he loved most was "Clovelly-at-the-Pinnacle" nearby, where he died at the age of fifty-one. The artist is buried here.
Ben Austrian is buried in a way that if he could just sit up he would see his beloved Pinnacle. Tombstone is at W40 37.990 W75 53.447 His tombstone is only marked with his name!
Marker Name: Ben Austrian
County: Berks
Date Dedicated: 06/17/1995
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: New Bethel Union Church Cemetery, RD 2, Kempton
Category: Artists
Website: [Web Link]
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