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From its explosive arrival on the British art scene in 1913 as a radical alternative to the art establishment, the early history of The London Group was one of noisy dissent. Its controversial early years reflect the upheavals associated with the introduction of British modernism and the experimental work of many of its early members. 

In its first five decades this mutual support was, in truth, short-lived, as ‘Uproar’ raged on many fronts both inside and outside the Group. These included the hostile press reception of the ultra-modernists; the rivalry between the Group and contemporary artists’ exhibiting societies; the internecine warfare between different factions; as well as frequent warfare between individual members with strong personalities; occasionally the battles dwindled into mere point-scoring and wrangling (particularly over Cézanne).

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