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John Bratby was born on 19 July, 1928 in Wimbledon, London, England, is an English painter. Discover John Bratby's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

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Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 19 July, 1928
Birthday 19 July
Birthplace Wimbledon, London, England
Date of death 20 July, 1992
Died Place Hastings, Sussex, England
Nationality London, England

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His wife is Jean Cooke (1954–1977) Patricia Rosenburg (until his death)

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1928

John Randall Bratby RA (19 July 1928 – 20 July 1992) was an English painter who founded the kitchen sink realism style of art that was influential in the late 1950s.

He made portraits of his family and celebrities.

His works were seen in television and film.

Bratby was also a writer.

John Bratby was born on 19 July 1928 in Wimbledon, south-west London.

1949

Between 1949 and 1950, he studied art at Kingston College of Art.

1950

It began in the early 1950s and has been considered an aspect of John Osborne's "Angry Young Men" movement.

Artists Derrick Greaves, Edward Middleditch and Jack Smith were also active in the movement's development.

Bratby often painted with bright colours, capturing his middle-class family's daily lives.

The faces of his subjects often appeared desperate and unsightly.

Bratby painted several kitchen subjects, often turning practical utensils such as sieves and spoons into semi-abstract shapes.

He also painted bathrooms, and made three paintings of toilets.

Initially there was some critical interest, but English critics later disregarded the movement's importance.

1953

After their marriage in 1953, he was upset by the recognition her paintings achieved.

1954

He then began attending the Royal College of Art, completing his studies in 1954.

He painted landscapes, still lifes, portraits and figure compositions, and had his first solo exhibition that year at London's Beaux Arts Gallery.

He was given the opportunity to travel to Italy when he was awarded a bursary during his college years.

However, the experience left him uninspired artistically, and uninterested in travelling.

Bratby is considered the founder of kitchen sink realism, a movement in which artists use everyday objects as their subjects, such as rubbish bins and beer bottles.

These works are often thickly-laden portraits or paintings.

1958

In 1958, Bratby created works for the fictional artist Gulley Jimson in the Alec Guinness film The Horse's Mouth.

A portion of Bratby's painting Four Lambrettas and Three Portraits of Janet Churchman (1958) is featured on the cover of Mark Knopfler's 2007 album Kill to Get Crimson.

As he matured, Bratby's works became "lighter and more exuberant".

1960

He mingled with celebrities to earn portrait commissions in the late 1960s.

Bratby wrote the novels Breakdown (1960), Breakfast and Elevenses (published by Hutchinson; 1961), and Brake Pedal Down (1962).

1965

He made the mural Golgotha for Lancaster's St Martin's Chapel in 1965.

During his career, Bratby promoted himself on television and the radio and was one of his generation's best-known artists.

1967

McCartney had given Bratby two hours in Bratby's studio in 1967.

Three portraits resulted from the sitting.

1970

By the 1970s he had painted a series of portraits including of Billie Whitelaw.

He also wrote a book about Stanley Spencer in 1970.

Bratby was married first to the painter Jean Cooke.

Afraid that Cooke might leave him, he locked her in his room once during their courtship.

1971

Bratby was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in 1971.

1980

In the 1980s he travelled and made paintings of the cities he visited.

He made intimately-posed portraits of his wife and self-portraits.

He continued to paint with bright colours, but had developed "an economy of line".

1984

His paintings are shown in the 1984 television mini-series adaptation of Judith Krantz's novel Mistral's Daughter, about an artist.

Bratby's own work fell out of favour with the emergence of Pop art, but his paintings have increased in value and critical support over recent years.

Paul McCartney has been a collector of his works.