George Maton - Marlborough's window into the Victorian era

Maton was Marlborough’s Victorian artist. Never to be regarded as a ‘great’ artist but for Marlborough, one very important. We believe that he was active as a painter producing works of Marlborough and the surrounding area between (probably) 1840 and 1870. We can’t be more precise than that as information about him is limited but we have identified fifteen works by him.

Undoubtedly there are more. We hope that these, or some of these may come to light as the awareness of George Maton increases. Maybe what’s on the wall, or maybe what was found in the attic of a late Grandparent’s house was – or is – a work by Maton? His style is distinctive and he never (or so we believe) signed or dated his works.

This section sets out to provide as full a picture of George Maton as we can draw. Whilst also showing all of the paintings that we know – or are certain – were by him. His life was, ‘interesting’. Probably an undestatement but he was born and raised in Marlborough, lived here for much of his life but the final decades were spent in Devizes and the Roundway Lunatic Asylum, where he became known as the ‘Lunatic Artist of the Asylum’ and many of his murals were on the walls for forty or fifty years after his death. George Maton made his mark, wherever he was, and whenever. This, we hope, lifts the lid on his life just a bit.

This is a ‘Live’ section. We are still researching George Maton, discovering more about him, his paintings, his life and his family, so it will evolve.