The Greenhouse

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Born near Cambridge, John Minton studied at St John’s Wood Art Schools (1935-1938). A year in Paris introduced him to French Neo-Romanticism and Picasso. A conscientious objector during the Second World War, Minton produced stage designs and taught at Camberwell and Central Schools of Art, London. He later taught at the Royal College of Art (1948-1957), known as an inspiring teacher. A prolific artist, he had eight solo exhibitions from 1945 to 1956. His commercial graphic designs epitomised a characteristic early 1950s style. Although often associated with bohemian London, Minton travelled to Corsica, Spain, Morocco and the West Indies. Disillusioned by the popularity of abstract art, Minton committed suicide at the age of forty.

Places

Subjects

reading (as Subject), flower, woman, plant pot, greenhouse, conservatory, bench, chair

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), body colour, watercolour (as object name)

Artist

John Minton (1917 - 1957)

Title

The Greenhouse

Date

1950

Medium

Watercolour and body colour on paper

Dimensions

height: 37.70 cm, width: 27.60 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Alex Reid & Lefevre, October 1950

Inscription

bl: John Minton 1950

GAC number

1170