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The E-BNR aims to build a comprehensive & unique cross-artform guide to
the British neo-Romantic tradition,
from 1880 to the present day.
While the British Romantics of 1789-1824 have spawned a vast industry of
publishers, conferences & tourism, the later neo-Romantic traditions
remain largely neglected. The E-BNR is aimed at bringing this hidden
tradition to light.
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WHAT IS NEO-ROMANTICISM ?
Neo-Romantic artists have drawn their inspiration
from artists of the age of Romanticism or earlier.
Characteristic themes in their work include a
mystical approach to the British landscape...
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ENTRY: Minton, John
Francis John Minton (b. 25 December 1917 – d. 20 January 1957)
was a British painter and illustrator of landscapes, portraits, and figures, as well
as a theatrical designer.
He was born in Cambridge, and studied art at St. John's Wood School of Art from 1935 to 1938.
He then served during the Second World War, but was demobbed in 1943, whereupon he worked full-time
as a painter, illustrator, and teacher of art. He painted scenes of Britain, both
its attractive countryside and its decayed cities, and later travelled overseas for
new subjects. He was also a talented musician during the jazz revival. The increasing popularity of
abstract expressionist painting during the 1950s, at the expense of figurative work, exacerbated personal
problems and led to his early death.
Further reading:
Spalding, Frances. John Minton: Dance till the stars come down (2005)
Spalding, Frances. John Minton 1917–1957: A selective retrospective (1994)
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