London School of painters

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art movement informal art group

The London School of painters is an informal group of post–World War II British-based artists known for their intense, often figurative painting style and focus on the human condition.

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London School of painters canonical 1
London school of painting 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
informal art group ⓘ
artisticApproach emphasis on painterly technique ⓘ
existential themes ⓘ
expressive realism ⓘ
rejection of pure abstraction ⓘ
artisticFocus human figure ⓘ
nudes ⓘ
portraiture ⓘ
urban life ⓘ
associatedWith Marlborough Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soho artistic community NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tate exhibitions NERFINISHED ⓘ
post-war London art scene ⓘ
basedIn London NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs key force in 20th-century British figurative art ⓘ
loosely defined group rather than formal school ⓘ
genre figurative art ⓘ
hasMember David Hockney NERFINISHED ⓘ
Euan Uglow NERFINISHED ⓘ
Francis Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frank Auerbach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Howard Hodgkin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leon Kossoff NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lucian Freud NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paula Rego NERFINISHED ⓘ
R. B. Kitaj NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ron Kitaj NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme alienation ⓘ
everyday life ⓘ
interior spaces ⓘ
intimate relationships ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
psychological tension ⓘ
inception post-World War II period ⓘ
influenced contemporary British figurative artists ⓘ
late 20th-century figurative painting ⓘ
influencedBy European expressionism ⓘ
Old Master painting ⓘ
surrealism ⓘ
war-time and post-war trauma ⓘ
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
movement post-war British art ⓘ
notableCharacteristic focus on the human condition ⓘ
intense painting style ⓘ
often dark or psychologically charged imagery ⓘ

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R. B. Kitaj → associatedWith → London School of painters ⓘ
The Old Bedford → artistic school → London School of painters ⓘ
this entity surface form: London school of painting