with Alex Reid & Lefevre, London;
Wilfrid A. Evill, by whom bequeathed to Honor Frost in 1963
Exhibition History:
London, The Home of Wilfrid A. Evill, Contemporary Art Society, Pictures, Drawings, Watercolours and Sculpture, April – May 1961 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, part IV, section 4, no. 12);
Brighton, Brighton Art Gallery, The Wilfrid A. Evill Memorial Exhibition, June – August 1965 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, no. 111);
Reading, Reading Museum and Art Gallery, John Minton 1917-1957, Paintings, Drawings Illustrations and stage design, November 1974 (illustrated as Deserted Garrison, Corsica in the exhibition, no. 39). The exhibition toured to Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield;
Woking, The Lightbox, The Ingram Collection: Dreams and Nightmares, 22 May – 15 July 2012;
Woking, The Lightbox, The Ingram Collection: The Impact of War, 15 October 2014 – 4 January 2015;
Bristol, Royal West of England Academy, Drawing On, 21 March – 7 June 2015;
Hastings, Jerwood Gallery, Century: 100 Modern British Artists, 23 October 2016 – 8 January 2017;
Woking, The Lightbox, John Minton and the Romantic Tradition, 28 January 2017 – 9 March 2017;
Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, Reflection: British Art in an Age of Change, 17 August 2019 – 5 January 2020
Alongside his illustrations and graphic art, John Minton was a theatrical designer. In collaboration with Michael Ayrton he designed sets and costumes for John Gielgud’s 1941 production of Macbeth. The very conscious perspective in the composition of Deserted Garrison lends the drawing a theatrical feeling, as though it is a design for a stage flat. Although not indicated in the title, this work was most probably executed whilst the artist was in Corsica.
