Minton was an English painter, illustrator, stage designer and teacher. He studied in France and began his career teaching in London, but he painted prolifically during this time. In addition to landscapes and portraits, he also built up a reputation as a book illustrator.
In the mid 1950’s, Minton found himself out of sync with the move to abstraction, and felt increasingly sidelined. He suffered psychological problems, self medicated with alcohol and in 1957 he committed suicide.
Ink, wax crayon and watercolour
11 x 15 in (28 x 38 cm)
Signed and dated
Collections: With The Lefevre Gallery, 1946 Exhibited: Lefevre Gallery John Minton and Julian Trevelyan February 1946
Minton’s joint exhibition with Julian Trevelyan at the Lefevre in 1946 consisted of 9 oils and 10 gouaches of views of the quays and wharves around Bankside in Southwark. It earned him the sobriquet of the’ urban romantic’.
Carron’s warehouse also features in Minton’s illustrations in 1949 for The London Port and River series.