![]() ![]() ![]() Survived by his wife and childless, Minns died suddenly at Taronga Zoological Park on 21 February 1937 and was cremated with Anglican rites. A good horseman, he often included animals and birds in his landscapes. He established his home and studio at Gordon, a bush setting on Sydney's north shore he was an enthusiastic gardener and keenly interested in photography. He was also a member of the Society of Artists, Sydney, and with Lambert and Longstaff was among the artists commissioned by the Art Gallery in 1928 to paint a self-portrait.Ī tall, well-built man, Minns was popular with fellow artists and generous in appreciation of their work. He was a founder in 1924 and first president (until 1937) of the Australian Water-Colour Institute. It was not until the early 1920s that exhibitions of Minns's watercolours in Sydney and Melbourne won him recognition as one of Australia's foremost watercolourists. Minns returned to Australia in 1915 unfortunately the paintings he had with him were destroyed by a shipboard fire. He was also commissioned by Colonel Frank Rhodes to paint a series of watercolours of the family seat at Dalham, Suffolk. He steadily developed his watercolour painting, sketching in England and France, and exhibited successfully at the Royal Academy of Arts, the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours in London, and the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (New Salon) in Paris. He sent back drawings to the Bulletin and contributed to St Paul's Magazine, Punch, the Strand Magazine, the Bystander and other journals. In 1895 Minns and his wife went to England. The National Art Gallery of New South Wales purchased his 'Season of Mists' from the annual Art Society exhibition in 1891 and in 1894 acquired some of his first paintings of Aborigines, including portrait heads that combine a somewhat sentimental charm with a genuine respect. On 9 June 1888 at St John's Church, Darlinghurst, he married Harriet Ford. Minns also drew for the Sydney Mail and in 1887-1937 regularly contributed to the Bulletin, becoming particularly well known for his humorous drawings of Aborigines. Ĭonder, employed by the Illustrated Sydney News, got Minns his first job there. He joined the society's Sketch Club with Ashton, Phil May and Nerli. Daplyn's life class of the Art Society of New South Wales, and had lessons from Julian Ashton, an accomplished plein air painter. He studied at Sydney Technical College under Lucien Henry, joined A. However, he met Charles Conder with whom for a time he shared a studio. At 17, intended for a career in law, Minns went to Sydney and entered the offices of (Sir J. He spent his early years at Inverell, where he had lessons in painting and drawing. National Library of Australia, nla.pic-an5356866īenjamin Edwin Minns (1863-1937), watercolourist and black-and-white artist, was born on 17 November 1863 near Dungog, New South Wales, son of Irish-born Bridget Murray, aged 17, who in 1869 married George Minns, farmer. Benjamin Edwin Minns (1863-1937), self-portrait ![]()
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