Keith Vaughan - ACE147.2

Paintings by Keith Vaughan – Harvest Assembly (1956) and others. Vaughan’s words on figures and their environment read over. Caption: "Keith Vaughan had no formal art training. He was a figurative painter at a time when Abstract Art became fashionable. He taught art briefly but made his living selling his paintings. He kept a journal for most of his life." Vaughan’s words on the reason for writing his journal read over. Photograph (1960) of Vaughan and one of his paintings. VO continues on the human body and Vaughan’s relationships over other paintings. Bryan Robertson, Art Critic, on Vaughan’s classical education. Boys at Christ’s Hospital (Bluecoats) School. Vaughan’s words VO talking about revisiting the school. Boys singing in chapel. Robertson’s VO on Vaughan’s affection for the work of Frank Brangwyn; views of his murals in the school chapel (1912-1923). Vaughan’s VO on his feelings on seeing them again. Robertson describes Vaughan as typical of his period, brought up in the 1920s and 1930s, rejecting any kind of bohemianism. Photograph of Vaughan. Sketches by Vaughan in advertisements for Lintas products (1931-1938). Painting of a miner. Photographs of young naked men on the beach. Vaughan’s words over. Sketches of male nudes. Christ’s Hospital boys’ band marching. Army band marching. Marching soldiers. Christ’s Hospital band. Images intercut. Vaughan VO on his call-up for military service. Sketches of wartime subjects.