Geoffrey Burnand

Geoffrey Burnand (1 January 1912 – 17 August 1997) was an English painter, theatrical designer and mural artist.

Geoffrey Burnand was born in Hastings, Sussex to an English father, a Colonel in the British Army, and an Irish mother.

His love of classical music would remain and serve as the basis for a series of later expressionist paintings, particularly after 1980.

He went on to study at the Royal Academy Schools under the tutelage of Sir Walter Thomas Monnington from 1931 to 1932.

Following his attendance of Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Burnand was commissioned and would go on to become a captain and serve in his father's old regiment until the conclusion of the war in 1945.

[4] Geoffrey painted audience stills for the BBC, which were used in early television programmes, and was one of the first painters hired by the fledgling ITV in 1955.

[3] Burnand was an accomplished draftsman and often-painted large multi figured compositions in the style of Max Beckmann.