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Historical Artist - John Bratby (1928 - 1992)
Although John Bratby painted an array of subjects during his career, he was most recognized for
his scenes of domestic life painted during the 1950’s. During this time, Bratby was a
member of the Kitchen Sink School. He boosted his own reputation through self-promotion and he
also wrote a novel titled Breakdown in 1960 and a book on Stanley Spencer in 1970. Born in
Wimbledon, Bratby studied at Kingston College from 1948 to 1950, then at the Royal College of
Art from 1951 to 1954. Three years after his graduation he became a tutor at the college. Bratby
became famous for his adaptation of the impressionist realism of Walter Sickert and the Camden
Town Group towards a more aggressively expressionist style influenced by van Gogh and the
Abstract Expressionists.
Contemporary United Kingdom Artists
Art Galleries in the United Kingdom
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