Tom Mostyn studied at Manchester Academy of Art and at Bushey Art College under Hubert von Herkomer. He exhibited in Paris, at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Français, winning a third-class medal in 1902. In later years he settled in Torquay in Devon.

Museum and Gallery Holdings

Bolton (Mus.): The Green Gown (oil on canvas)

Bristol: Forest Clearing

Bristol (City Mus. & AG): King Henry VII Fining the Citizens (oil on canvas)

Harrogate (Mercer AG): Breezy Day, Devon (oil on canvas)

Rochdale (AG): Portrait of Lieut. Col. H. Fishwick FSA; The Sanctuary; The Tryst; The Valley of Sunshine

Torquay (Torre Abbey Historic House and Gal.): Moors near Dartmeet (oil on canvas); Bettws-y-Coed (oil on canvas); Dawn (oil on canvas)

Auction Records

London, 7 July 1922: The Never Never Land, GBP 183

London, 17 May 1923: Ornamental Garden, GBP 60

Paris, 13 Oct 1943: Landscape, FRF 1,300

London, 22 May 1973: Two Young Girls in a Garden, GBP 220

London, 11 June 1976: The Young Plantation (oil on canvas, 19½ × 26½ ins/49.5 × 67.5 cm) GBP 220

London, 20 March 1979: Child (oil on canvas, 72 × 93 ins/183 × 236 cm) GBP 3,000

London, 18 July 1984: Vanity (1903-1904, oil on canvas, 68 × 50 ins/173 × 127 cm) GBP 7,200

London, 12 June 1987: Bideford, Devon (oil on canvas, 22 × 30 ins/56 × 76.2 cm) GBP 5,500

London, 3-4 March 1988: Three Bathers on a Riverbank in the Highlands (oil on canvas, 29½ × 39¼ ins/75 × 100 cm) GBP 4,180

London, 29 July 1988: Summer Garden, Evening (oil on canvas, 27½ × 35½ ins/70 × 90 cm) GBP 2,860

London, 2 March 1989: Pond in a Forest (oil on canvas, 20 × 38 ins/50.6 × 95.6 cm) GBP 2,530

London, 12 May 1989: Garden Path (oil on canvas, 29¾ × 19¾ ins/75.7 × 50 cm) GBP 2,420

London, 8 March 1990: Garden by the Sea (oil on canvas, 19½ × 26½ ins/49.4 × 67.4 cm) GBP 3,740

London, 7 June 1990: Berry Head and Brixham (oil on canvas, 21¼ × 29¼ ins/54 × 74.5 cm) GBP 4,950

London, 2 May 1991: On a Garden Terrace (oil on canvas, 27¼ × 32¼ ins/69 × 82 cm) GBP 605

London, 18 Dec 1991: Garden (oil on canvas, 24½ × 29½ ins/62 × 75 cm) GBP 440

New York, 20 Feb 1992: Ends of the Earth (oil on canvas, 69¼ × 92½ ins/176.2 × 235 cm) USD 8,250

Paris, 12 March 1997: Gardens in Devon (oil on canvas, 40¼ × 50½ ins/102 × 128 cm) FRF 80,000

London, 27 Jan 1999: Evening on the Terrace (oil on canvas, 20 × 27 ins/51 × 69 cm) GBP 3,200

Exeter, 20 Oct 1999: Footsteps (oil on canvas, 39 × 59 ins/99 × 150 cm) GBP 11,000

Edinburgh, 12 May 2000: Garden of Delight (oil on canvas, 22 × 29 ins/56 × 74 cm) GBP 2,700

Newbury, 6 Sept 2000: Trees Surround a Lake, Mountains beyond (oil on canvas, 20 × 27 ins/51 × 68 cm) GBP 2,500

Bath, 23 July 2001: Enchanted Garden (1920, oil on canvas, 59 × 83 ins/150 × 211 cm) GBP 14,500

London, 28 Nov 2001: Luxuriant Garden (oil on canvas, 19 × 26 ins/49 × 67 cm) GBP 2,800

Exeter, 2 July 2002: Glory of the Morning (oil on canvas, 47 × 72 ins/120 × 182 cm) GBP 8,800

Bath, 22 July 2002: Dartmouth (oil on canvas, 30 × 40 ins/76 × 102 cm) GBP 4,000

London, 4 Sept 2003: Flower Market (1921, oil on canvas, 50 × 70 ins/127 × 178 cm) GBP 30,000

London, 4 Sept 2003: Portrait of a Lady in a Green and Gold Dress (oil on canvas, 40 × 34 ins/102 × 86 cm) GBP 34,000

London, 4 March 2004: Golden Island (oil on canvas, 70 × 106 ins/178 × 269 cm) GBP 22,000

London, 27 May 2004: Dartmouth (oil on canvas, 30 × 40 ins/76 × 102 cm) GBP 7,800