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John Minton

1917–1957

Portrait of a Boy (?) c.1948
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Biography

Francis John Minton (25 December 1917 – 20 January 1957) was an English painter, illustrator, stage designer and teacher. After studying in France, he became a teacher in London, and at the same time maintained a consistently large output of works. In addition to landscapes, portraits and other paintings, some of them on an unusually large scale, he built up a reputation as an illustrator of books.

In the mid-1950s, Minton found himself out of sympathy with the abstract trend that was then becoming fashionable, and felt increasingly sidelined. He suffered psychological problems, self-medicated with alcohol, and in 1957 died by suicide.

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Neo-romanticism

Artworks

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  • Horseguards in their Dressing Rooms at Whitehall

    John Minton
    1953
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  • Composition: The Death of James Dean

    John Minton
    1957
  • Portuguese Cannon, Mazagan, Morocco

    John Minton
    1953
  • Street and Railway Bridge

    John Minton
    1946
  • Corte, Corsica

    John Minton
    1947
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  • Children by the Sea

    John Minton
    1945
  • Landscape at Les Baux

    John Minton
    1939
  • Portrait of Kevin Maybury

    John Minton
    1956
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  • Portrait Group

    Rodrigo Moynihan
    1951

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  • ‘Self-Portrait’ by John Minton

    John Minton
    1949
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