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Biographical entry Beauvais, Charles Frederick

Born
England
Occupation
Industrial designer, Artist and Futurist

Summary

Charles Frederick Beauvais emigrated to Melbourne in 1937. He worked for General Motors Holden designing customised vehicles and contributed futurist drawings and articles to the Argus newspaper e.g.. "The Car of the Future". Beauvais created a model of the City of the Future in 1947. He established his own industrial design company in Sydney.

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Details

Fl 1920s-50s.

Archival resources

Powerhouse Museum

  • Charles Frederick Beauvais - Records, 1920 - 1950, 97/195/1; Powerhouse Museum. Details
  • Charles Frederick Beauvais - Records, 1920 - 1975, 98/44/1; Powerhouse Museum. Details

Published resources

Online Resources

  • National Library of Australia, 'Beauvais Charles Frederick', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476907. Details

Created: 21 December 2001, Last modified: 5 February 2010