Tag: Clive Branson
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01 Painting, The art of War, Clive Branson’s Blitz: Plane Flying, with footnotes
Blitz: Plane Flying is a surreal depiction of a working-class London street during the devastating air raids which lasted from September 1940 until January 1941. Branson was then living in Battersea which was affected by the nightly raids. The air raid shelter positioned in front of one of the houses is an indication of the imminent…
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01 Painting, The art of War, Clive Branson’s bombed Women and Searchlights, with footnotes
Bombed Women and Searchlights was painted in response to the London Blitz which began in September 1940. Branson was then living in Battersea where he would have witnessed at first hand the devastating air raids. In this painting he employs surrealistic juxtapositions and unusual perspectives to imbue the painting with a startling visual intensity, while…
Zaidan Gallery 