Artist

John Banting

Portrait of John Banting
Portrait of John Banting

British, 1902–1972

John Banting was a British artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. John Banting was born in Chelsea.

John Banting (12 May 1902 – 30 January 1972) was an English Surrealist artist and writer associated with the Bloomsbury Group, whose left-wing philosophy was reflected in much of his work. According to his Times obituary, he was "an artist who adopted surrealist conventions for satirical purposes". Anthony Powell regarded him as "the only true English Surrealist painter".

Works by John Banting

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