Fred Sexton
LA Artist
Died when: 88 years 100 days (1059 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Fred Sexton (June 3, 1907 – September 11, 1995) was an American artist and creator of the Maltese Falcon statuette prop for the 1941 Warner Bros. film production, The Maltese Falcon.
During the 1930s and 1940s, Sexton was championed by Los Angeles Times Art Critic Arthur Millier, and his work was collected by Los Angeles-area art collectors including actor Edward G.
Robinson and movie director John Huston.Sexton also taught art and headed the Art Students League in Los Angeles between 1949 and 1953.
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