Artist: John Bratby (1928 - 1992)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
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.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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John Bratby - Courtyard With Washing 1956 oil on masonite Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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John Kay, John Campbell of Blythewood, 1784
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John Steuart Curry - John Brown 1938 Lithograph Arkansas Arts Center American
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John Singleton Copley - John Gray 1766 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Wollaston - John Stevens c. 1749-1752 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - John Greene c. 1769 oil on canvas Currier Museum of Art American
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John Vanderlyn - John Sudam 1829-1830 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - Mrs. John Greene 1769 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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John Sartain, Portrait of John A. Sutter, 1850
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John Smibert, John Nelson, 1732
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John Durand - Mrs. John Lothrop c. 1770 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Frazee - John Marshall 1834-35 marble Boston Athenaeum American
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John Johnston - John Peck c. 1795 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Durand - John Lothrop c. 1770 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Hoppner - John Granville 1790-95 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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John Smibert - Mrs. John Pitts 1735 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Charles Willson Peale - Mrs. John Nicholson (Hannah Duncan) and John Nicholson, Jr. 1790 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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John Stuart Curry, John Brown, 1939
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John Smith, John Duke of Marlborough, 1705
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John Smith, Sir John Percival Bart, 1704
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John B. Neagle, William Helmuth (or John Henry Helmuth), 1834
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John Singleton Copley - Portrait of John Scollay 1764 black and white chal Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts American
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John R. Johnston - Mrs. John R. Johnston before 1857 salted paper print f Cleveland Museum of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - The Honorable John Erving c. 1774 oil on canvas Smith College Museum of Art American
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Portrait of a Man, Said to Be John Durham, ca. 1790 John Barry (British, active
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Artist: artist unknown Title: Tapestry Fragment of Virgin and St. John Date: about 1520 -
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John Faber the Younger, St. John, Apostle and Evangelist, 1754
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John Singleton Copley - Colonel John Montresor c. 1771 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Wesley Jarvis - Commodore John Rodgers c. 1814 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John James Audubon, Douglass" Squirrel, a study for pl. 48 ofViviparous Quadripeds of North America by John James Audubon and Rev. John Bachman (New York: John James Audubon, 1845-1848), circa 1843
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John Sartain, John Calvin, 19th century
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John Smith, John Lambert the Elder, (after same), 17th - 18th century
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John Trumbull - John Trumbull 1793 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Hall, King John, Act IV, Scene I, 18th century
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John R. Johnston - John R. Johnston with Painting late 1850's salted paper print f Cleveland Museum of Art American
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William Blake , Fables by John Gay (London: John Stockdale, 1793), vol. 1, 1793
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William Blake , Fables by John Gay (London: John Stockdale, 1793), vol. 2, 1793
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H.B. (John Doyle), John Wilkes, 18th - 19th century
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John Neagle - The Reverend John Albert Ryan 1825-1829 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Faber the Elder, John Alcock, Bishop of Ely, 17th - 18th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (1)
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Sheffield Galleries and Museum Trust, Graves Art Gallery: Peter Coker: A Juxtaposition 2004
Peter Coker was one of the leading exponents of Post-war British Art, dubbed the Kitchen Sink Group. Along with artists such as John Bratby, Jack Smith and Derrick Greaves, Coker painted uncompromising compositions of everyday subjects in stron...

Further Artwork and Information:

John Bratby Online
MODERN BRITISH ART - John Bratby Gallery
Brandler Galleries - Specialists in Childrens Book illustrations and British Fine Art - John Bratby
Details of NPG 6555
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John Bratby R.A. Art
John Randall Bratby (1928-1992), Painter
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