Painter, draughtsman and designer, born in London, who studied design in Paris. After war service in Burma he continued his art studies in Rome and Paris, where he lived from 1953–62, when he returned to England, living in Hampton Court, Middlesex. Romyn was much influenced by modern French painters, spent a lot of time in the galleries and museums of Europe and insisted on the importance of keen observation. Music and still life were features of his work, which was figurative, sometimes moving towards abstraction. Showed at Galerie Elysée in Paris in 1956, after which he exhibited widely in the city. Had a showing at Upper Grosvenor Gallery in 1961, then a substantial one at Boundary Gallery in 1994. In 1957 he won the Émile-Othon Friesz Prize.