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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Reg_Gammon > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Reg_Gammon.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Gammon > Source revision: 1352156068 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English painter and illustrator}} {{About|the British artist (1894-1997)|the American artist (1921-2005)|Reginald Gammon (American artist)}} {{Use British English|date=January 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Reg Gammon | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Reginald William Gammon | birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|01|09|df=y}} | birth_place = [Petersfield](/source/Petersfield), Hampshire, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1997|04|22|1894|01|09|df=y}} | death_place = [Bridgwater](/source/Bridgwater), Somerset, England | other_names = | occupation = Painter and illustrator }} '''Reginald William Gammon''' (9 January 1894 – 22 April 1997) was an English painter and illustrator. ==Biography== Gammon was born in [Petersfield](/source/Petersfield), Hampshire, on 9 January 1894 and educated at [Churcher's College](/source/Churcher's_College) there. His father was a builder.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-reg-gammon-1269136.html|title=Obituary: Reg Gammon|last=Belsey|first=James|date=25 April 1997|work=[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)|accessdate=19 December 2013}} == Career == From 1911, he was apprenticed to the illustrator [Frank Patterson](/source/Frank_Patterson_(illustrator)), at the latter's [Billingshurst](/source/Billingshurst), [West Sussex](/source/West_Sussex) studio. He was discharged on medical grounds after enlisting during [World War I](/source/World_War_I), but re-enlisted with the [Army Service Corps](/source/Royal_Army_Service_Corps) for the final two years of the war. He married Betty Knight (died 1982) in 1917. After the war, they lived in [Fernhurst](/source/Fernhurst), Sussex, and had two sons. Gammon declined a 1918 offer, made at the instigation of Scottish etcher [Muirhead Bone](/source/Muirhead_Bone),{{cite web|url=http://www.rwacollection.org.uk/names/gammonn.htm|title=Archive of the Permanent Collection at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol UK : by name : Reg Gammon|publisher=[Royal West of England Academy](/source/Royal_West_of_England_Academy)|accessdate=19 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220021620/http://www.rwacollection.org.uk/names/gammonn.htm|archivedate=20 December 2013|df=dmy-all}} of a place at the [Slade School of Fine Art](/source/Slade_School_of_Fine_Art), but nonetheless had a successful career as a freelance illustrator and writer. For 60 years he wrote and illustrated a feature column for the [Cyclists Touring Club](/source/CTC_(cycling))'s Gazette. The dropping of another column, "In the Open Air", for ''Scout'' magazine, resulted in international protests and it was restored. In 1930, he began to produce work for the ''[News Chronicle](/source/News_Chronicle)''. Travelling by motorcycle, he would attend horseracing at [Goodwood](/source/Goodwood_Racecourse) or motor racing at [Brooklands](/source/Brooklands), make sketches, and ride quickly back to London to deliver them. He also covered the [Monte Carlo Rally](/source/Monte_Carlo_Rally). During [World War II](/source/World_War_II) he moved his family to South Wales, and became a [hill farmer](/source/hill_farming), managing {{Convert|40|acre|ha}} in the [Llanthony](/source/Llanthony) valley near [Abergavenny](/source/Abergavenny). He stayed there for 20 years, and was instrumental in the introduction of electricity supply and telephone services to Llanthony. He moved to [Somerset](/source/Somerset) in 1958 and became a full-time painter. He originally painted in [watercolour](/source/watercolour), but on holiday in his 60s, he began to use oil paint. His work was influenced by [Paul Gauguin](/source/Paul_Gauguin) and he later worked in the [expressionist](/source/Expressionism) style. He was elected to the [Royal West of England Academy](/source/Royal_West_of_England_Academy) (RWA) in 1966. They held a retrospective of his work in 1985, and in 1986 he held the first of five one-man exhibitions at the New Grafton Gallery in London. A further retrospective was held at the RWA to mark his 100th birthday. He was also a member of the [Royal Watercolour Society](/source/Royal_Watercolour_Society) and the [Royal Institute of Oil Painters](/source/Royal_Institute_of_Oil_Painters). Among the books illustrated by Gammon are a number in the 'Romany' series, by [George Bramwell Evens](/source/George_Bramwell_Evens).See bibliography Gammon's autobiography, ''One man's furrow'', was published in 1990.{{Cite book|publisher=Webb & Bower|isbn=9780863503290|last=Gammon|first=Reg|author2=Enid Fairhead|title=One man's furrow: ninety years of country living|year=1990}} Gammon died at [Bridgwater](/source/Bridgwater), Somerset on 22 April 1997, aged 103. The RWA holds a number of his works. ==Bibliography== * {{Cite book |publisher= Webb & Bower|isbn= 9780863503290|last= Gammon |first= Reg |author2=Enid Fairhead |title= One man's furrow: ninety years of country living |year= 1990 }} ===Works illustrated=== * {{cite book |last=Baron |first=Stanley R |title= Westward Ho |year=1934 |publisher= Jarrold }} * {{cite book |last=Evens |first=George Bramwell |authorlink=George Bramwell Evens |title=Out with Romany |year=1937 |publisher=[University of London Press](/source/University_of_London_Press) }} * {{cite book |last=Evens |first=George Bramwell |title= A Romany on the Trail |year=1934 |publisher= Epworth Press }} * {{cite book |last=Evens |first=George Bramwell |title= Out with Romany Again |year=1938 |publisher= University of London Press }} * {{cite book |last=Evens |first=George Bramwell |title= Out with Romany Once More |year=1940 |publisher= University of London Press }} * {{cite book |last=Evens |first=George Bramwell |title= Out with Romany by the Sea |year=1941 |publisher= University of London Press }} * {{cite book |last=Evens |first=George Bramwell |title= Out with Romany by Meadow and Stream |year=1942 |publisher= University of London Press }} * {{cite book |last=Evens |first=George Bramwell |title= Out with Romany by Moor and Dale |year=1944 |publisher= University of London Press }} * {{cite book |last=Evens |first= Glyn K. |title= Muriel & Doris |publisher= University of London Press }} * {{cite book |last=Morgan |first= D. Francis |title= Exploring England |publisher= [C. Arthur Pearson Ltd](/source/C._Arthur_Pearson_Ltd) }} * {{cite book |last=Way |first=H. John |title= Italy |year=1956 |publisher= [Nicholas Kane](/source/Nicholas_Kane_(publishers)) }} * {{cite book |last=Way |first=H. John |title= The Low Countries |year=1957 |publisher= Nicholas Kane }} * {{cite book |last=Way |first=H. John |title= Austria |year=1958 |publisher= Nicholas Kane }} * {{cite book |last=Way |first=H. John |title= France |year=1960 |publisher= Nicholas Kane }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Art UK bio}} * [http://www.duff-family.info/gammon/pfield04.html Gammon family history genealogy site] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gammon, Reg}} Category:1894 births Category:1997 deaths Category:British Army personnel of World War I Category:20th-century English farmers Category:English watercolourists Category:20th-century English painters Category:English male painters Category:Members of the Royal West of England Academy Category:People educated at Churcher's College Category:People from Abergavenny Category:People from Fernhurst Category:People from Petersfield Category:Artists from Somerset Category:Royal Army Service Corps soldiers Category:English men centenarians Category:20th-century English male artists Category:20th-century English illustrators --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Reg Gammon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Gammon) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Gammon?action=history)). 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