Making History: Art and Documentary in Britain from 1929 to Now
3 February  –  23 April 2006
Making History
Art and Documentary in Britain from 1929 to Now
Section 1: Defining Documentary
 
Clive Branson 1907-1944
Selling the 'Daily Worker' outside Projectile Engineering Works 1937
Clive Branson, Selling the 'Daily Worker' outside Projectile Engineering Works 1937, © Estate of the Artist
© Estate of the Artist

Branson, a fellow student with Coldstream at the Slade School of Art, was interested in 'unprofessional' painting and here adopts the earnest literalism of the naïve painter. Its style reflects the paintings of worker artists from this period. Branson had close links to the Artists International Association (AIA), a group inspired by a sense of social responsibility in the face of poverty in Britain, and the growing threat of fascism abroad. AIA exhibitions included works by both professional artists and amateurs alike.

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