Self Portrait
John Bratby
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Date:1953 -
Style:Expressionism -
Genre:self-portrait
Self Portrait
John Bratby
This self portrait was painted when John Randall Bratby was still a student at the Royal College of Art. He became a well known artist very quickly and in the 1950s was critically acclaimed for his 'Kitchen Sink' paintings of everyday domestic subjects.
He continued to paint prolifically throughout his life although his distinctive style fell from favour on the arrival of abstraction and Pop Art. Bratby had a reputation for wild living throughout his life but he was actually a very shy man.
