Thomas HennellWhen John Rothenstein, Director of the Tate Gallery, published the third volume of his Modern English Painters in 1984, he subtitled it Hennell to Hockney. Whilenow as thenDavid Hockney needs no introduction, Thomas Hennell (1903 1945) has somehow slipped off the radar and undoubtedly deserves to be more widely recognised today. In his lifetime, Hennell was highly regarded as an artist and author. His main theme was the English countryside, and his