Missenden Abbey

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

England, Missenden Abbey, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, Chilterns

Subjects

topography, landscape C20th, tree, fence, abbey, church

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), ink, mixed media (art object), watercolour (as object name), Ink drawing, coloured

Artist

John Minton (1917 - 1957)

Title

Missenden Abbey

Date

1951

Medium

Coloured ink and watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 38.60 cm, width: 27.80 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Kensington Art Gallery, August 1951

Inscription

br: John Minton 1951

GAC number

1349