Soldier, poet, painter: how David Jones became Britain’s visionary outsider

Whether in his vivid war epics or painting the valleys in Wales, David Jones observed the world intensely. Fiona MacCarthy salutes a modernist maker on the brink of a major revivalDavid Jones was a master of the art of sideways looking. Many of his finest paintings are of glimpses through a window. A boat far out at sea viewed through flapping curtains; a secret downwards vista into a walled garden where two lovers meet. He craved the secure feeling of containment, “looking out at the worl