John Minton, British 1917-1957 - Still-life (with Portrait of a girl on the reverse); oil on canvas, signed top left 'Minton', 51.5 x 61.7 cm (ARR) Provenance: The Collection of Frances Spalding; with Abbott & Holder Ltd., London (according to the...

John Minton, British 1917-1957 - Still-life (with Portrait of a girl on the reverse); oil on canvas, signed top left 'Minton', 51.5 x 61.7 cm (ARR) Provenance: The Collection of Frances Spalding; with Abbott & Holder Ltd., London (according to the label held by the stretcher on the reverse); private collection Note: This early still life composition shows the young artist exploring the possibilities of paint and colour, clearly influenced by the pioneering Modernist work of Sir Matthew Smith and Duncan Grant. This work was previously owned by Frances Spalding, who wrote a celebrated biography on the artist in 1999. John Minton was one of the most celebrated British artists of the post-war period, and became associated, along with his colleagues John Craxton, Graham Sutherland and Michael Ayrton, with the Neo-Romantic movement. He was also famously painted by Lucien Freud in 1952. He become widely known for his book illustrations, including for ‘Time was Away – A Notebook in Corsica’ and an edition of Treasure Island. He was recently the subject of a major retrospective at Pallant House Gallery in 2017.
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