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Stanley Spencer begins his murals in the Memorial Chapel for Henry Sandham at Burghclere, in Hampshire
English sculptor Henry Moore receives his first public commission, for the headquarters of London Underground
English sculptor Barbara Hepworth has her first solo exhibition, at the Beaux Arts gallery in London
English sculptor Henry Moore has his first solo exhibition, at the Warren Gallery in London
Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson begin to create a garden at Sissinghurst in Kent
The British artist Graham Sutherland, after an early career as a printmaker, takes up painting relatively late in life
British painter Francis Bacon has his first solo show in London
Salvador Dali creates a stir by attending the opening of London's Surrealist exhibition in a diving suit
British artist Ben Nicholson does the first of his characteristic abstract white reliefs
William Coldstream and Victor Pasmore open a school of art with a distinctive style, known from its location as the Euston Road School
Stanley Spencer gives a stark depiction of himself and his wife in The Leg of Mutton Nude
Leading British artists Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson marry
Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson move their studios to St Ives
English potter Bernard Leach publishes an influential manual, A Potter's Book
Working as an official war artist, Henry Moore creates an iconic series of drawings of Londoners sleeping at night in underground stations
After his London studio is bombed, Henry Moore moves to Much Hadham, where he works and lives for the rest of his life
Commissioned by a church in Northampton to sculpt a Madonna and Child, British sculptor Henry Moore produces the first of his family groups
English painter Francis Bacon creates a sensation with his Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion
Sadler's Wells Ballet moves to the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden (and is known from 1956 as the Royal Ballet)
British art historian Nikolaus Pevsner undertakes a massive task, a county-by-county description of The Buildings of England
A painting by Graham Sutherland, commissioned for Winston Churchill's 80th birthday, does not meet with the full approval of the sitter or his wife
British artist Anthony Caro begins welding and painting abstract metal sculpture
British artist Bridget Riley creates patterns that produce unexpected optical effects, in a style that becomes known as op art
Coventry's new cathedral is inaugurated, enhanced by a wide range of work by leading British artists
A great tapestry by Graham Sutherland hangs above the altar in the newly consecrated Coventry cathedral
