Anthony Eyton b. 1923

Eyton, who will turn 100 next year, is one of Britain's leading figurative painters. He has spent his career refining an idiosyncratic style, recognisable throughout his oeuvre of still-lifes, landscapes and interiors. His distinctive, gestural style is full of passion and expression, emphasised by his choices of subject-matter and vibrant, primary pigments.

 

Born in Middlesex, Eyton studied at Camberwell School of Art and upon graduating was offered the Abbey Major scholarship to study in Italy. He has travelled extensively, in particular to India, Israel and Sudan. In 1982 he was commissioned by the Artistic Records Committee to observe and paint the Gurkha regiment in Hong Kong and the New Territories, the paintings of which were exhibited at the Imperial War Museum. He was also invited by the Tate Gallery to work in the Bankside Power Station prior to it becoming Tate Modern, and two pictures subsequently entered the Tate Collection.

 

Eyton is an elected member of the London Group, a Royal Academician, and a member of the Royal Watercolour Society. He lives and works in Brixton, London.