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In the late 20s and early 30s, London became a centre of the international Modernist movement, as a generation of artists, architects and designers from Europe arrived in the city, fleeing persecution and war on the Continent. The artists’ studios of Hampstead became a melting pot for alternate ideas for a new, radical Modern art, including Constructivism, Surrealism and Primitivism. These ideas were then given a uniquely British twist by artists such as Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth and Paul Nash – all of whom were involved in the various exhibiting societies, manifestos and periodicals that flourished, albeit often very briefly, as they and other artists crossed over between styles and ideas in a decidedly un-European way.
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