This delineation captures something of the divide that existed between artists such as Nicholson who sought the 'Constructive', and those of a Surrealist persuasion. It is possible to see this division in terms of an Apollonian and Dionysian opposition seething within the orbit of Hampstead, where many of these artists lived. Another contemporary concern that Porteus's words highlight is that of the possibilities of health and societal nourishment within the new Modern architecture. Around this time, many of the leading pioneers of Modern architecture, including Erich Mendelsohn, Berthold Lubetkin and later Walter Gropius, were coming to Britain, seeking refuge from totalitarian developments abroad. Their buildings, including Lubetkin's Finsbury Health Centre (1938), sought to promote the nourishing social qualities of clean white spaces and plenty of natural light and air, at a time when urban living for a significant part of the working population consisted of slum-based deprivation. For a full painting description on the British Council’s website please click on the link below under ‘More on this painting’