Andrew Lambirth

Painting begins at 90 – celebration of Jeffrey Camp, Anthony Eyton and Patrick George

<em>Andrew Lambirth</em> on the artists Jeffery Camp, Anthony Eyton and Patrick George

issue 18 May 2013

The year 1923 was a good one for British artists, witnessing the birth of three painters who became friends and whose work epitomises a rich strand of realism in the native tradition. Jeffery Camp was born at Oulton Broad in Suffolk, and studied at Lowestoft and Ipswich Art Schools before going to Edinburgh College of Art in 1941.

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