A conscientious objector during the Second World War, he worked on a farm at South Harting, West Sussex near his grandmother's house.
[9]) In January 1950 he had an exhibition at the Redfern Gallery in London and in a foreword to the catalogue the artist and critic, Matthew Smith, wrote, "About the painting of Theodore Garman I can only say I look at them with wonder, admiration and even astonishment".
[3] On 22 January 1954,[9] after an incident at the Chelsea School of Art in which he was accused of stealing a figurine to use in a still life, his mother tried to protect him by having him admitted to hospital.
[12] One of the most popular paintings at The New Art Gallery Walsall, is his Summer Garden, South Harting (1944, oil on canvas, 66×76 cm).
are big pictures which bring together striking juxtapositions of mediaeval works of art and natural growth of flowers and leaves.
[14] A retrospective exhibition, Father and Son: Jacob Epstein (1880-1959) & Theodore Garman (1924-1954) was held at the Fine Art Society, London in October 1989.