'Spalding’s prose is as clear as a Ravilious greenhouse, her thoughts as orderly as a Ben Nicholson white relief. No art-world waffle whatsoever. Hurrah. This book deserves to go into many editions' Laura Freeman, The Times The 21st century has seen a surge of interest in English art of the interwar years. Women artists, such as Winifred Knights, Frances Hodgkins and Evelyn Dunbar, have come to the fore, while familiar names – Paul Nash, Eric Ravilious and Stanley Spencer – have reached new audiences. High-profile exhibitions have attracted recordbreaking visitor numbers and challenged received opinion. In 'The Real and the Romantic', named the best art book of the year by @thetimes, Frances Spalding takes a fresh and timely look at this rich period in English art. Image: Dora Carrington, Tidmarsh Hill, oil on canvas, c. 1918. #englishart #arthistory #interwarart #interwarperiod #art #britishart #britishartists #artstagram