London School of painters

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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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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
Soho artistic community
linked to: Soho

Tate exhibitions
post-war London art scene
basedIn London
linked to: London, England
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
Euan Uglow
Francis Bacon
Frank Auerbach
Howard Hodgkin
Leon Kossoff
Lucian Freud
Michael Andrews
Paula Rego
R. B. Kitaj
Ron Kitaj
linked to: R. B. Kitaj
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
linked to: London, England
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 painting
linked to: London School of painters
Frank Auerbach associatedWith School of London painters
linked to: London School of painters