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John (Francis John) Minton

John (Francis John) Minton (1917 - 1957) was active/lived in England.  John Minton is known for Realist painting, illustration, stage design, teaching.

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Francis John Minton  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, abused alcohol, and in 1957 committed suicide.

Minton was born in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, the second of three sons of Francis Minton, a solicitor, and his wife, Kate, née Webb. From 1925 to 1932, he was educated at Northcliff House, Bognor Regis, Sussex, and then from 1932 to 1935 at Reading School. He studied art at St John's Wood School of Art* from 1935 to 1938 and was greatly influenced by his fellow student Michael Ayr   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 10463 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about John (Francis John) Minton

   John (Francis John) Minton  Born:  1917 - Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, England
Died:   1957 - London, England
Known for:  Realist painting, illustration, stage design, teaching

Francis John Minton  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, abused alcohol, and in 1957 committed suicide.

Minton was born in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, the second of three sons of Francis Minton, a solicitor, and his wife, Kate, née Webb.   ...  Displaying 750 of 10463 characters.

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