Cornish Landscape

John Minton, 1917–1957

1946

Oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art

A stylized landscape painting depicts a large, spiky plant in the foreground, with a winding river or path leading to a cluster of buildings in the mid-ground. Hills and a dark brown sky form the background. A stylized landscape painting depicts a large, spiky plant in the foreground, with a winding river or path leading to a cluster of buildings in the mid-ground. Hills and a dark brown sky form the background. John Minton’s formative years were spent in London and France but were interrupted by the Second World War (1939–1945), when he served in the Pioneer Corps. He held his first solo exhibition in London just after the war ended, when he shared a studio with Keith Vaughan (whose work is shown alongside). This dramatic view of the Cornish landscape, complete with a palm tree, was painted at that time and reflects his interest in the