#john bratby

[franklyimissparis]

paul mccartney by john bratby (1967)

(or as i like to call them: the cokewhore paul portraits)

#my favourite coked-out twink 🫶 #the fact that these were done around a week before brian died and things changed forever :( #paul mccartney #the beatles #beatles #john bratby #beatles art

[thunderstruck9]

John Bratby (British, 1928-1992), Sunflower. Oil on canvas, 76.5 x 61 cm.

#john bratby #english art #british art #flowers #sunflower #sunflowers

[portraituresque]

john bratby - self portrait

#john bratby #self-portrait

[hitku]

by John Bratby

#art #painting #john bratby

[psikonauti]

John Bratby (English,1928-1992)

Self-portrait with fingerprints

oil on board

#John Bratby #upl #va #art #painting

[cupofmeat]

"Still Life with Oranges", John Bratby, 1954.

#john bratby #still life

[visual-sandwich]

John Bratby

#John Bratby #art #painting #20th century #floral

[oldsardens]

John Bratby - Festival at the Ponte Vecchio, Venice

#John Bratby

[terminusantequem]

John Bratby (British, 1928-1992), Patti in the Bath, 1975. Oil on board, 122 x 76 cm

#john bratby

[archiveofcanvas]

John Bratby, R.A. (British, 1928-1992), 'Two Sunflowers', n.d., oil on canvas

#John Bratby #R.A. (British #1928-1992) #'Two Sunflowers' #n.d. #oil on canvas

[k00292537]

Project : Movement

Week : 12th Feb - 16th Feb

Artist Research : John Bratby

Much of John Bratby's work was influenced by the British 'Kitchen Sink Realism' movement during the 1950s and 1960s. A style of media which depicted working-class life through their monotonous daily routines. This idea was brought into the visual art world also, called 'Kitchen Sink School'. Where painters would create scenes of domestic life, particularly focusing on common facilities and utensils around a house.

The nature of Bratby's work seems quite random, as he paints everyday, household items that we wouldn't think much of. Showing their true cluttered, and sometimes empty appearance.

I am inspired by Bratby's work for this reason. Since I've been working in sculpture the past two weeks, I've been looking at common objects associated with both childhood and adulthood, and fusing them together. I'd like to capture their domestic essence, and perhaps dull nature, to contrast it to the liveliness of childhood.

#art student #artwork #lsad #artist research #artist reference #john bratby #painting

[k00281262]

Home

This afternoon, I was very tired, so I decided to take it easy in terms of artwork and instead do some artist research.

As I lean more into the theme of home, and exploring what that means for me, I am looking more at artists that focus on home, domesticity, and what that means for them.

"Jean and Table Top (Girl in Yellow Jumper)", John Bratby, 1953-1954

Bratby was a part of the Kitchen Sink Painters, a group of four painters active in the 1950s whose work was concerned with ordinary lives of ordinary people (often with socio-political undertones)

"Early Portrait of John Bratby", Jean Cooke, 1954

Cooke was married to Bratby, and the feminist in me can't help but notice the contrast in their depictions of domesticity. Where his work feels constructed and masculine, hers feels much more at ease.

"Kitchen", Liza Lou, 1991-1996

Lou's installation is made entirely out of glass beads, and its laborious process of creation is a commentary on unsung domestic labour. If women belong in the kitchen, we might as well make the kitchen look pretty.

"Femme Maison", Louise Bourgeois, 1945-1947

Though she's best known for her spiders, Louise Bourgeois was also known to use architectural imagery as a symbol of both security and entrapment.

"My Bed", Tracey Emin, 1999

I really could have chosen any of Emin's pieces here- the raw intimacy of her work invites us into her world and gives us a glimpse into her inner world. For a while, this bed was her home.

"The Dream (The Bed)", Frida Kahlo, 1940

Speaking of beds! Kahlo was bed-bound for much of her adult life due to a tram accident she suffered as a young woman. This painting depicts the bed as a liminal space between life and death. As someone who has often been bed-bound myself due to ongoing illness, her work really speaks to me.

"Silueta Works in Mexico", Ana Mendieta, 1973-1977

What does "home" mean? Mendieta's work was often inspired by her displacement from her native Colombia at a young age. She explores the connection between body and earth.

Untitled, Doris Salcedo, 2003

This piece isn't strictly about the theme of home but it's one of my all-time favourite pieces and I felt a need to include it. Much of Salcedo's work focuses on the feeling of displacement, using domestic items as symbols for people. Here, people displaced due to war are represented by humble kitchen chairs.

#art #artist research #john bratby #kitchen sink painter #art student #jean cooke #liza lou #louise bourgeois #tracey emin #frida kahlo #ana mendieta #doris salcedo #fine art #k00281262 secondary

[thunderstruck9]

John Bratby (British, 1928-1992), Crepuscular Reflections. Oil on canvas, 33¼ x 43½ in.

#john bratby #british art #english art #window #reflection #dusk

[portraituresque]

John Bratby - self portrait

John Bratby RA (1928 - 1992) - English painter, teacher and writer, associated with the Kitchen Sink School.

#john bratby #self-portrait

[0nthebalcony]

John Bratby 1928 - 1992

The Toilet 

1956

Oil on hardboard

Measurements

H 122 x W 77.5 cm

Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston upon Hull

© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Photo credit: Ferens Art Gallery

#john bratby #British Art 1951 - 1965 #Ferens Art Gallery

[lisamarie-vee]

#john bratby #painting #paul mccartney #1960s