The Great Bratby A Portrait of John Bratby RA

by Yacowar, Maurice

• ISBN13: 9781904750260
• ISBN10: 1904750265
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Middlesex University Press

Summary

This complete biographical look at John Bratby, an English painter who founded the "kitchen sink" style of art that was influential and popularized in the 1950s, reveals an eccentric artist who battled addictions and insecurity. Touching on the shameless publicity employed to make himself Britain's first modern celebrity artist, this is the first study to mine the Bratby Archive, which includes his selections from his intimate diaries. In addition to close readings of his art, this work examines his writings and his fiction, from his bestseller Breakdownto his unpublished novels and pornographic short stories.

Author Biography

Maurice Yacowar is Emeritus Professor of English and Film Studies at The University of Calgary.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The 1950s
Beginnings	p. 9
At the Royal College of Art	p. 18
The Launch	p. 28
To Italy and Back	p. 38
Betrayals	p. 47
The Horse's Mouth	p. 63
The 1960s
The Fiction	p. 73
Affluence	p. 89
The Campaigns	p. 106
Reaching Out	p. 117
The Marriage	p. 131
On His Own	p. 143
The 1970s
The Affair	p. 151
The Divorce	p. 168
Patti Prime	p. 175
The Portraits	p. 185
The 1980s
The Pornographer	p. 209
In Public	p. 220
At Home	p. 237
Endings
Endings	p. 251
Bibliography	p. 271
Indexes
Bratby's Paintings	p. 279
Bratby's Drawings and Other Works
Proper Names
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