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Jul 29

The Real and the Romantic: English Art Between Two World Wars by Frances Spalding (2022)

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‘For the first time since the eighteenth century, England is making a real contribution to an international art.’ (Nicolete Gray, impresario of the 1936 Abstract and Concrete exhibition, 1936. But was it?) ‘The Real and the Romantic: English Art Between Two World Wars’ by Frances Spalding is a...

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The Real and the Romantic: English Art Between Two World Wars by Frances Spalding (2022)

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