He was one of a small group of progressive and highly regarded printmakers who exhibited at the Redfern and Ward Galleries in central London.
Whilst working in relative isolation in Yorkshire, most of his contemporaries were linked in some way to the Grosvenor School of Modern Art, located in Pimlico, London.
He was awarded a full-time scholarship, however his artistic career was cut short by the outbreak of World War One, in which he served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves in India and Ceylon (1915–1918).
[1] He travelled extensively throughout mainland Europe and produced his first significant collection of etchings, several of which were shown in London at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibitions (1929–1933).
The success of these publications led to several commissions for book illustrations and began a lifelong association with Sir Francis Meynell, the founder of Nonsuch Press.
He produced the annual editioned print for 1932, a topographical view of a Swiss mountain chalet entitled ‘The Club Hut’, a copy of which is held in the British Museum.
He also undertook a wide variety of freelance design work, including the front cover artwork for the 'Illustrated Review of British Goods' for the 1951 Festival of Britain.
[13] Several of Beaumont's most innovative linocuts were included in a major exhibition of British printmaking held at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London (Spring-Summer 2019).