biography of Lester U BEITZ (1916)

Birth place: Buffalo, NY

Addresses: Austin, TX

Profession: Painter, illustrator

Studied: Art Inst. Buffalo; also with Charles S Bigelow.

Work: In pvt. collections only. Commissions: murals, Officer's Club, Royal Air Force Sta., Fairford, Eng. & Enlisted Men's Club, Schilling Air Force Base, Salina, Kans., 1962.

Comments: Publications: auth./illus., A Treasury of Frontier Relics." Contribr., articles, illus. & features on frontier America, in: Real West, Desert, Western Digest, Argosy, Ford Times & var. other mag. Art interests: Specializes in the portrayal of the American West."