John Minton RBA, LG (1917-1957)
John Minton RBA, LG
Two BullfightersOil on canvas
48 x 36 ins (121.9 x 91.4 cms)
signed and dated 1949
Illustrated front cover of The Listener Magazine, 1950
Two Bullfighters was painted following a visit to Andalusia with good friend Jeffrey Bernard in 1949. Minton's interest was inspired by Hemmingway's Death in the Afternoon and by the sense of theatre and focus it gave to male idolatry. Bernard Denir remarked that Minton's work was "well suited to the Mediterranean landscape with its harsh metallic colours and linear simplicity".
Exhibited:
1950 Lefevre Gallery, Paintings of Spain
1950 Royal Academy, Cat 346
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