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O John Randall Bratby
Bratby believed his paintings were rooted in general fifties attitudes and outlooks, being ‘’introvert, grim, khaki in colour, often opposed to prettiness, and dedicated to portraying a stark, raw, ugly reality.’’
Characteristics
O It advances a social message or ideology
(which is often leftist)O Settings were middle-classO Bringing social inequality of working
class to the stageO Characters’ dissatisfaction with the
systemO The language is colloquial and slang
Further Sources
Paintings of BratbyO http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpainti
ngs/artists/john-randall-bratby Conversations with Arnold WeskerO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m
CHb5PKeUoQ