Benjamin Edwin Minns

Benjamin Edwin Minns (17 November 1863 – 21 February 1937), commonly referred to as B. E. Minns, was an Australian watercolourist and black-and-white artist,[1] remembered for his portraits of Aboriginal people.

Minns then studied under Lucien Henry at Sydney Technical College, also taking lessons from the plein air painter Julian Ashton.

While at Capetown, a fire broke out aboard the ship[4] and most of Minns' works were destroyed and the passengers had an enforced layover while repairs were undertaken.

[5] Minns was a founder in 1924 and inaugural president (until 1937) of the Australian Watercolour Institute.

[1] He collapsed and died while photographing at Taronga Park Zoo, and his remains were ashed at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium.