Anthony Colbert

Born in Newport, Isle of Wight on 17 July 1934, he grew up in Littlehampton, West Sussex, and studied at Worthing College of Art, and, during his National service, at Farnham School of Art.

[2] He was known for his illustrations for "a series of campaigning articles on crime, mental health and social welfare.

"[3] From the mid-1960s he had a parallel career illustrating books, including an edition of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre for The Folio Society (1965),[4] and collaborations with Tony Parker on Five Women (1965) and People of the Streets (1968).

He took up painting landscapes in 1986, exhibiting them in annual solo shows at galleries in Arundel, Pembridge and Kington.

He died there on 29 June 2007, survived by his two daughters, Amanda and Gemma, and his son Laurence.