John Banting, 1902-1972

• Biography

  Attribute	Value
  Biography	During the 1920s, Banting studied at the Westminster School of Art with Bernard Meninsky. Later, he studied in Paris. He exhibited with the London Group for a short period, at which time he was primarily under the influence of the Bloomsbury artists. His early still life paintings exhibited with the London Group related closely to the work of Roger Fry. After resigning from the London Group, he became associated with the English Surrealists and in 1936 his work was shown in the International Surrealist exhibition. In 1929, he exhibited with the 7 & 5 Society. His later paintings were predominantly abstract and strong colour became a feature of his work. An exhibition of his work was arranged by Oliver Bradbury and James Birch Fine Art in 1983. John Banting was an inventive artist who frequently used the blue-print method to reproduce his Surrealist works, as well as linocuts. He was a painter in oils, watercolours and collage, depicting surrealist and abstract subjects. He was also aret editor of Our Time a left-wing political magazine. His work is now represented in a number of major galleries including the Tate, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum. He also designed a poster for Shell in 1928.
  Education	Westminster School of Art, circa 1925 Grande Chaumi-24re and Colarossi's, Paris, circa 1922
  Employment	Designed posters for London Transport, 1936
  Role	Artist,