[1] The grouping was short-lived, lasting only a few years, with a number of the artists involved later taking part in the Euston Road School of realism.
The main figures were Graham Bell, William Coldstream, Edgar Hubert, Rodrigo Moynihan and Geoffrey Tibble.
William Townsend told the Tate Gallery that 'the style originated with Geoffrey Tibble in the latter half of 1933.
The more abstract paintings, that came to represent the movement's style, were created using improvised freely applied brushstrokes.
[4][5] In 1934, the exhibition Objective Abstractions was held at the Zwemmer Gallery[6] showing the group's work, except Hubert's.