Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot (19 July 1886 – 27 September 1911) was an artist and painter from Liverpool who became known for his depictions of atmospheric pastoral scenes and sepia illustrations of figures.

[1] Lightfoot showed great talent as a student whilst at the Slade School of Art and when he exhibited with the Camden Town Group, but he killed himself at a young age.

The family moved back to Liverpool in 1905 and Lightfoot began attending evening classes at the Sandon Terrace Studios, then run by Gerald Chowne.

Two of his figure paintings, Mother and Child and Boy with a Hoop, Frank, stood out as totally different from anything in the show and Lightfoot resigned from the Group as soon as the exhibition closed.

In September 1911, shortly before Lightfoot was due to visit Liverpool to introduce his new fiancée to his relatives he killed himself at his home at 13 Fitzroy Road, Primrose Hill.