Anthony Eyton: Catching the Light

Anthony Eyton

Anthony Eyton Catching the Light 11 September - 10 October 2025 Monday – Friday 10.00am - 5.30pm

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Anthony Eyton OBE RA

Photo credit: Sarah Eyton

37. Three Pomegranates, oil on canvas 15 1/2 x 13 in. / 39.4 x 33 cm.

30. Self Portrait, No. 2, oil on canvas 18 x 15 in. / 46 x 38 cm.

1. A Channel of Blue Fallen Sky and Van, oil on canvas 16 x 20 in. / 40.6 x 50.8 cm.

19. Iranian Pots, No. 1, oil on canvas 25 5/8 x 31 7/8 in. / 65 x 81 cm.

35. Studio, oil on canvas 35 5/8 x 32 1/8 in. / 90.5 x 81.5 cm.

13. Flower Pot, Evening Light, oil on canvas 20 x 19 in. / 50.8 x 48.3 cm.

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Jenny’s Rose, Evening Light, oil on canvas 20 x 19 in. / 50.8 x 48.3 cm.

8. Birthday Aubergine, No. 2, oil on canvas 16 x 16 in. / 40 x 40 cm.

11. Evening News Van, oil on canvas 18 1/8 x 23 5/8 in. / 46 x 60 cm.

4. Amaryllis, oil on canvas 19 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. / 50 x 35 cm.

6. Apples on Gingham, oil on canvas 12 x 16 3/4 in. / 30.5 x 42.5 cm.

5. Apple with Vase and Pots, oil on canvas 15 1/2 x 18 in. / 39.4 x 45.7 cm.

25. Marmalla Purum, oil on canvas 25 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. / 65 x 55 cm.

17. Gladioli, Three Graces, oil on canvas 32 x 19 in. / 81.3 x 48.3 cm.

38. Two Apples, oil on canvas 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. / 29.2 x 39.4 cm.

18. Grasses, oil on canvas 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. / 30 x 30 cm.

23. Last Days, oil on canvas 12 x 10 in. / 30.5 x 25.4 cm.

15. Fruit and Jane’s Lady, oil on canvas 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. / 40 x 40 cm.

14. Flowers and Jane’s Lady, oil on canvas 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. / 40 x 40 cm.

32. Solitary Rose, oil on canvas 8 x 8 in. / 20.3 x 20.3 cm.

3. Amaryllis and the Lily, oil on canvas 20 x 13 in. / 50.8 x 33 cm.

31. Solitary Apple, oil on canvas 8 x 8 in. / 20.3 x 20.3 cm.

26. Pink Rose Cluster, Morning Light, oil on canvas 16 x 12 in. / 40.6 x 30.5 cm.

24. Lily and the Lemon, oil on canvas 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. / 50 x 40 cm.

34. Split Pomegranate, oil on canvas 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. / 40 x 40 cm.

ANTHONY EYTON R.A. 1923 Born 1941 Department of Fine Art, Reading University 1947 Camberwell School of Art 1951 Abbey Major Scholarship to work in Italy 1958 Elected member of the London Group 1969 Kingston Whig-Standard Award, Ontario 1972 John Moores Competition (Prize Winner) 1973 Grocer’s Company Fellowship to work in Italy 1975 2nd British International Drawing Biennale, Middlesborough (First Prize) 1984 Member of the Royal West of England Academy 1986 Elected Royal Academician 1988 Member of the Royal Watercolour Society 1989 Charles Wollaston Award, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1993 Member of the Royal Cambrian Academy 1999-2010 Resident Artist, Eden Project, Cornwall 2011 Awarded Honorary Fellowship from the University of the Arts, London 2015-ongoing Resident Artist, Stowe School, Buckinghamshire 2023 Awarded an OBE for services to painting and to the art community

Selected Public Collections Arts Council of Great Britain, London British Museum, London British School, Rome Carlisle Art Gallery Contemporary Arts Society, London Guildhall Art Gallery, London Imperial War Museum, London Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester London Transport Museum, London Stowe School, Buckinghamshire Tate Britain and Modern, London The Eden Project, Cornwall The Queens Gallery, London

Selected Exhibitions 1952–77 British Painting, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1959, ‘61, ‘68 New Art Centre, London 1971 Boswells Gallery, Kingston, Ontario 1972 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 1973 New Grafton Gallery, London 1975 William Darby Gallery, London 1976 Drawings of People, Serpentine Gallery, London 1978-2023 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London 1979 British Art Show, Arts Council of Great Britain, London 1980 Retrospective, Towner & Plymouth Art Galleries, London, with tour 1980-2025 Browse & Darby, London 1982 Hayward Annual 1982: British Drawing, Hayward Gallery, London 1983 Hong Kong and the New Territories, Imperial War Museum, London 1984 The Hard Won Image, Tate Gallery, London 1986 Royal Leicester Infirmary, Surrey University, touring exhibition 1997 Explorations, A T Kearney, London 1998 Artists in National Parks – Exmoor, Victoria & Albert Museum, London 2006 Drawing Inspiration, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, 2007 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London (Prize Winner) 2009-10 Evolutions of a Cornish clay pit, Eden Project, Cornwall 2011 Spitalfields Paintings: 1968-1984. Revisited 2011, Eleven Spitalfields, London 2014-15 Drawing on Hawksmoor, Eleven Spitalfields, London 2021 London Group, Cello Factory, London 2021 Invited Guests, David Mach, London 2022 London Group at Bankside, Bankside Gallery, London 2023 Double Portrait, Art Space Gallery, London 2023 Anthony Eyton: A Centenary Exhibition, Browse & Darby, London

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A Channel of Blue Fallen Sky and Van, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in. / 40.6 x 50.8 cm.

A Channel of Blue Fallen Sky, No. 2, oil on canvas, 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. / 40 x 40 cm.

Amaryllis and the Lily, oil on canvas, 20 x 13 in. / 50.8 x 33 cm.

Amaryllis, oil on canvas, 19 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. / 50 x 35 cm.

Apple with Vase and Pots, oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 18 in. / 39.4 x 45.7 cm.

Apples on Gingham, oil on canvas, 12 x 16 3/4 in. / 30.5 x 42.5 cm.

Birthday Aubergine, No. 1, oil on canvas, 12 x 16 in. / 30 x 40 cm.

Birthday Aubergine, No. 2, oil on canvas, 16 x 16 in. / 40 x 40 cm.

Celebration, oil on canvas, 28 3/8 x 20 1/8 in. / 72 x 51 cm.

Eternal Steps, Varanasi, oil on canvas, 70 1/8 x 51 1/8 in. / 178 x 130 cm.

Evening News Van, oil on canvas, 18 1/8 x 23 5/8 in. / 46 x 60 cm.

Exclusion, Bowl of Fruit, oil on canvas, 12 x 12 in. / 30.5 x 30.5 cm.

Flower Pot, Evening Light, oil on canvas, 20 x 19 in. / 50.8 x 48.3 cm.

Flowers and Jane’s Lady, oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. / 40 x 40 cm.

Fruit and Jane’s Lady, oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. / 40 x 40 cm.

Fruit and Jug in the Studio, oil on canvas, 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. / 32 x 39 cm.

Gladioli, Three Graces, oil on canvas, 32 x 19 in. / 81.3 x 48.3 cm.

Grasses, oil on canvas, 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. / 30 x 30 cm.

Iranian Pots, No. 1, oil on canvas, 25 5/8 x 31 7/8 in. / 65 x 81 cm.

Iranian Pots, No. 2, oil on canvas, 22 x 31 7/8 in. / 56 x 81 cm.

Iranian Pots, No. 3, oil on canvas, 17 3/8 x 25 5/8 in. / 44 x 65 cm.

Jenny’s Rose, Evening Light, oil on canvas, 20 x 19 in. / 50.8 x 48.3 cm.

Last Days, oil on canvas, 12 x 10 in. / 30.5 x 25.4 cm.

Lily and the Lemon, oil on canvas, 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. / 50 x 40 cm.

Marmalla Purum, oil on canvas, 25 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. / 65 x 55 cm.

Pink Rose Cluster, Morning Light, oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in. / 40.6 x 30.5 cm.

Pomegranates on Dark Ground, oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in. / 40.6 x 30.5 cm.

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Pomegranates on Light Ground, oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in. / 40.6 x 30.5 cm.

Self Portrait, No. 1, oil on canvas, 22 x 16 in. / 56 x 40.6 cm.

Self Portrait, No. 2, oil on canvas, 18 x 15 in. / 46 x 38 cm.

Solitary Apple, oil on canvas, 8 x 8 in. / 20.3 x 20.3 cm.

Solitary Rose, oil on canvas, 8 x 8 in. / 20.3 x 20.3 cm.

Solitary Sunflower, oil on canvas, 20 x 14 in. / 50.8 x 35.6 cm.

Split Pomegranate, oil on canvas, 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. / 40 x 40 cm.

Studio, oil on canvas, 35 5/8 x 32 1/8 in. / 90.5 x 81.5 cm.

Sunflowers, oil on canvas, 26 x 31 1/2 in. / 66 x 80 cm.

Three Pomegranates, oil on canvas, 15 1/2 x 13 in. / 39.4 x 33 cm.

Two Apples, oil on canvas, 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. / 29.2 x 39.4 cm.

White Rose Cluster, Morning Light, oil on canvas, 16 x 12 in. / 40.6 x 30.5 cm.

Yellow Lillies, oil on canvas, 16 x 13 in. / 40.6 x 33 cm.

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