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Benjamin Edwin Minns

Benjamin Edwin Minns was an Australian artist, recognised as one of Australia's foremost watercolourists. Minns obtained his first job at the Illustrated Sydney News; Minns also drew for the Sydney Mail and regularly contributed to The Bulletin. From 1895 to 1915 Minns worked in England, contributing to St Paul's Magazine, Punch, The Strand Magazine, the Bystander and other publications as well as sending drawings to The Bulletin. Minns was a founder in 1924 and inaugural president (until 1937) of the Australian Watercolour Institute.

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Date and place of birt:	17 november 1863, Dungog, Australia
Date and place of death:	21 february 1937, Sydney, Australia
Nationality:	Australia
Period of activity:	XIX, XX century
Specialization:	Artist, Genre painter, Illustrator, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist
Genre:	Flower still life, Genre art, Landscape painting, Portrait, Self-portrait, Still life
Art style:	Realism
Technique:	Charcoal, Gouache, Oil, Oil on canvas, Watercolor