At Work in Paris

In 1946 the young artist Raymond Mason, having already quit his native Midlands for the Royal College of Art and later the Slade School, packed his bags for Paris, then the undisputed artistic capital of the world. There he found himself thrust into the company of some of the greatest figures of 20th-century art, from Balthus to Duchamp, Giacometti and Picasso, and, inspired by their examples, set out making his own distinctive contribution to the history of modern sculpture.