Anthony Eyton
studied fine art at Reading University in 1941 before serving in the Army from 1942 to 1947. He went on to study at Camberwell School of Art from 1947 to 1950, and in 1951 received an Abbey Major Scholarship, taking him to work in Italy for two years.
Anthony has won many awards and had many solo exhibitions. He was a former resident artist at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and artist in residence for a decade at the Eden Project in Cornwall. Anthony became head of painting at St Lawrence College, Kingston, Ontario in 1969 and taught at the Royal Academy Schools from 1964 to 1999. He was elected a member of the London Group in 1958, member of the Royal West of England Academy in 1984, Royal Academician in 1986, member of the Royal Watercolour Society in 1988 and became a member of the Royal Cambrian Academy in 1993. Anthony was awarded an OBE in June 2023. is a recently published book, featuring portrait photography, taken by his daughter Sarah, which captures
