A painter and illustrator, Minton was a key figure of Neo-Romanticism in the 1940s. He studied at Northcliff House 1925-32, Reading School 1932-5 and St John’s Wood School of Art 1935-8 where he was influenced by Michael Ayrton. In 1942, he and Ayrton held a joint exhibition at the Leicester Galleries in London. He taught
