John Banting, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Banting

British artist

Date of Birth: 12-May-1902

Place of Birth: Chelsea, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 30-Jan-1972

Profession: writer, painter

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

John Banting (12 May 1902 – 30 January 1972) was an English artist and writer. Born in Chelsea, London on 12 May 1902 and educated at Emanuel School, Banting was initially attracted to vorticism and associated with the Bloomsbury Group, before becoming interested in surrealism in Paris in the 1930s.
Moving to Rye, Sussex in the 1950s he died in Hastings on 30 January 1972 aged 69.