John Banting

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.[1] According to his Times obituary, he was "an artist who adopted surrealist conventions for satirical purposes".[2] Anthony Powell regarded him as "the only true English Surrealist painter".[3]

  1. ^ John Banting: A Retrospective, Oliver Bradbury and James Birch Fine Art, London, May-June 1983
  2. ^ 'Mr John Banting', The Times, 2 February 1972, p. 16
  3. ^ 'Almost a surrealist', Anthony Powell, The Daily Telegraph, 16 August 1985, p. 8