Drought supplies ample artistic inspiration for Mod Brit duo
The year after Cedric Morris painted his verdant Foxgloves in 1932, a severe drought cut through much of southern Britain. The parched soil and the hardship it brought were a source of artistic inspiration for those who painted the form and the character of the rural landscape.
Shown here are two pictures – one by Morris, another by Eric Ravilious (1903-42) – both from 1933.…