Reginald Francis Goodfellow known as Jeff, was born in West Kensington, London and educated locally. After serving in the First World War he joined the Ministry of Works as a structural engineer. Although a painter from his youth he had no formal art training until he studied under Walter Bayes at the Westminster School of Art in 1927. He exhibited at the RA. in 1939 and was included in exhibitions at Michael Parkin Fine Art and at Sally Hunter Fine Art among others. The British Museum hold several examples of his prints and drawings.