Before the war, painters of the Hudson River School made landscape a vehicle for nationalistic myths and transcendental ideals.
In the past, curators have tended to parcel him up just as a post-war painter: "It was easier to sell Polke to the world in the Eighties as one of the German painters, same as Gerhard Richter, Anselm Kiefer, Georg Baselitz," suggests Godfrey.
Guston's creative doubts are shared by many other post-war painters.
The Mystery of Appearance: Conversations Between Ten British Post-War Painters, Haunch of Venison, London W1 (020 7495 5050) to 18 February.
Burdened with the title Mystery of Appearance: Conversations Between Ten British Post-War Painters, it's been curated by Catherine Lampert, former director of the Whitechapel Gallery and a great enthusiast for British art of the period.
When the painting was first exhibited in 1945 it caused a sensation and helped to establish him as one of the foremost post-war painters.
From shows featuring major post-war painters and sculptors, to experimental installations that allow you to play and interact, there's plenty to see on the island.
A war poet, painter, and polymath, Jones was the subject of two exhibitions, a series of conferences, and two books.
Researched early radar technology at Sylvania Labs during World War II; painter and avid reader.
After World War II, painters such as Sir Russell Drysdale and Sir Sidney Nolan were drawn to the dramatic isolation of the Outback.
In Christian Blackwood's "Nik and Murray," Nikolais recalls how after World War II painters and sculptors began to move beyond their specific idioms.
