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Neo-Romantics
The events of the Second World War and its aftermath produced a group of diverse artists who looked back to Romantic artists such as William Blake, while simultaneously looking forward to Cubism and Surrealism. Artists like Graham Vivian Sutherland were instrumental in reimagining a nostalgic and romantic vision of the English landscape, re-appropriating artists such as Samuel Palmer. Paul Nash, who served as an Official War artist, responded to surrealism in his landscapes by incorporating symbolism to create evocative landscapes. In 1940, the government launched a scheme known as Recording Britain. Artists including John Minton, Sutherland and Nash were commissioned to capture the changing faces of towns and villages across Britain in drawings, paintings and print. This in part produced the isolated movement of the 'Neo-Romantics', characterized by their exploration of visionary landscapes and scenes.