Painter and member of the the family connected to
the famous ceramics firm of Minton. 1935-38 studied at
the St John's Wood Art School under P F Millard. 1938-39
shared a studio in Paris with the painter and writer
Michael Ayrton. At the outbreak of war, Minton
registered as a conscientious objector which he later
withdrew and joined the Pioneer Corps. With Ayrton he
designed the sets and costumes for John Gielgud's
production of 'Macbeth'. Shared a studio with the 'two
Roberts' Colquhoun and MacBryde at 77 Bedford Gardens.
Also in the same building were Jankel Adler, the painter,
Ronald Searle and John Wyndham the writer. From 1943-46
he taught illustration at Camberwell School of Art and
later at the Central School and the Royal College of Art.
Between 1946 and 1952 he he shared a house with Keith
Vaughan. Minton was a central figure together with
Vaughan and John Craxton in the Neo Romantic movement
of the 1940's. He was an outstanding draftsman at his
best and produced a prodigious output of paintings,
illustrations and drawings, and had a number of one-man
shows at the Lefevre Gallery and was included in a
number of mixed shows at the Redfern Gallery.