Below is a glossary article post in the category S which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of School Of London based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding School Of London
So, what is actually meant by School Of London?
School of London is a term discovered by artist R.B. Kitaj to describe a group of artists based in London who were pursuing the form of figurative paintings before the Avant-Garde approach in the 1970s.
Explanation of School Of London
In 1976, at the peak of minimal art and conceptual art, American painter R.B. Kitaj, who was then based in the UK, held an exhibition titled The Human Clay at The Hayward Gallery in London. Exclusively consisting of figurative images and paintings, which are proven to be very controversial for the world of art dominated by abstraction. In the catalog text, Kitaj uses the term London school loosely to describe the artists he has collected. The name had been trapped to refer to the painter at that time who was persistent in pursuing the shape of a figurative painting.
The head of artists related to the idea of the London school, besides Kitaj himself, are Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, David Hockney (despite living in the US), Howard Hodgkin, and Leon Kossoff. The work of these artists was brought to a new focus and given a new encouragement with an interesting resurrection in figurative paintings by the younger generation that occurred in the late 1970s and 1980s (see Neo-Expressionism and new spirit paintings).
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix S, as well as terms associated with S.
Meaning of School Of London in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = School Of London.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Sekolah London (Indonesian), Sekolah ing London (Java), and Sakola London in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Sekolah London.
Closing
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix S. This article wasupdated in Dec of 2025.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=school-of-london
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=school-of-london
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