Royal Academy of Arts Magazine

Anthony Eyton's Unwavering Eye
At 102, Anthony Eyton would be forgiven for slowing down. Not so for the prolific painter and Royal Academician, whose new works are the focus of an upcoming exhibition at Browse & Darby this autumn.
 
Included in the show are studies of his garden and stilllifes such as Birthday Aubergine No. 2 (2025; below, bottom), in which the vegetable – gifted to the artist by a follower of his popular Instagram – sits atop a stool like a kind of puzzle. In Apple with Vase and Pots (2025; below), Eyton’s signature flecked colour and lively brushwork inject a quiet composition with exuberant energy and life.

The show, held in the heart of St James’s, celebrates an artist whose powers of observation remain undimmed, and whose canvases convey a sense of wonder that has accompanied him for a century.
4 September 2025