THAMES SIDE

© The Artist's Estate

THAMES SIDE 1948

John Minton (1917 – 1957)

Details

Dimension
35.5 X 49 CM (IMAGE)
Media
LITHOGRAPH
Accession number
P608

Summary

Minton was encouraged to make lithographs, using especially prepared transfer paper, for the Miller’s Press, and later became associated with the Society of London Painter-Printers founded by the Miller’s Press in conjunction with the Redfern Gallery, London. This work was included in the first exhibition of the Society of London Painter-Printers shown at the Redfern Gallery in 1948. The print is a re-working of his painting of 1946, Rotherhide from Wapping, now in the collection of Southampton Art Gallery ( www.southampton.gov.uk/art/).

Out of Print British Printmaking 1946-1976, The British Council 1994

 

Glossary

  • Painting

    Work of art made with paint on a surface. Often the surface, also called a support, is a tightly stretched piece of canvas, paper or a wooden panel. Painting involves a wide range of techniques and materials, along with the artist's intellectual concerns effecting the content of a work.