Still Life with Chip Frier (1954)

John Randall Bratby

oil on board

Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Board

Dimensions:

131.4 x 92.1 cm

Accession Number:

T00104

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1956

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from Beaux Arts Gallery, London by Eardley Knollys (1902-1991) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1954; presented to the Tate Gallery, 1956

Relationship:

(Edward) Eardley Knollys Beaux Arts Gallery, London Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

Subject:

Paraphernalia, Domestic, Kitchen sink school

John Bratby painted Still Life with Chip Frier in the summer of 1954 soon after he graduated from the Royal College of Art, London. He was staying at his wife's father's house in Greenwich and had a studio on the top floor. The art critic David Sylvester (1924-2001) coined the term ‘kitchen sink’ for such domestic interiors which was also applied to the work by Derrick Greaves (1927-2022), Edward Middleditch RA (1923-1987), Jack Smith (1928-2011) and Peter Coker RA (1926-2004).

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