Melbourne Brindle

Melbourne Brindle was born in and named for Melbourne, one of seven children of Arthur Brindle, who was also an artist;[1] in 1918 his family immigrated to San Francisco, where he briefly studied at the California School of Fine Arts[1][2] and worked first for a department store, then for an advertising agency.

[3] At age 33 he moved to New York, where he started his own agency; his commissions included Douglas Aircraft, United Airlines, the Italian Steamship Lines, and various car manufacturers.

[4][5] Brindle was initially known for his black and white work, for which he won medals at the 1934 and 1938 New York Art Directors Club shows.

[5] Melbourne Brindle was married for fifty years to Louise "Mimi" Ives Congdon, with whom he lived in San Francisco, CA., New Canaan, CT., and Block Island, R.I., along with their daughter.

They later lived in Camden, Maine, and finally in Vero Beach, Florida, where he died at the age of 90 after a series of strokes.