Ronald Lampitt - Brock’s Fireworks Ronald George Lampitt (1906 - 1988) was an English artist and illustrator. He is best known for illustrating children’s books and railway posters. He was born in Worcester, and grew up in Kent and Sidcup, where he lived his whole life. Limpart never received any formal art training.
Lampitt often illustrated the Kent countryside. He would often spend weekends sketching with his friend Rowland Hilder. In 1938, Lampitt married Mona Deverson before commencing work for British Intelligence during the Second World War. This experience might have developed Lampitt’s technical drawing and topographical accuracy.
Lampitt’s friend and brother-in-law, Harry Deverson was a Fleet Street journalist. He was connected with publishers and was able to find illustrating work for Lampitt such as the popular weekly magazine, ‘John Bull’. The two also worked collaboratively to produce two children’s books: “The Map that Came to Life” (1948) and “The Open Road: (1962)
During the 1950s and 60, Lampitt illustrated railway posters for British locations including Bexhill-on-Sea, Harlech Castle and St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall.