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Modern British Art
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Modern British Art
Reviews developments in British art since World War II. The Kitchen Sink School, the pop art movement, the St. Ives School and romantic sculpture are all discussed. Special attention is given to David Hockney.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages) |
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1990
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Great Britain"The art scene in Great Britain turned more international after World War II, while at the same time the British art scene had a particular relationship with American movements more than with any European movements. Among the important British artists to emerge in this period were Moore, Hepworth, Nicholson, Bacon, Hockney, and Caro. There were also more exhibitions of younger British artists, and work of these artists showed a more international character than had been true before the war.
In the early 1950s, a group of social realist painters emerged under the name the Kitchen Sink School, and they acquired this name by selecting drab and sordid subject matter. The chief exponents of this type of painting were John Bratby..."
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