In 1951 the first exhibition of post-war abstract art was held at the Artist's International Association. Titled, Abstract Paintings, Sculptures, Mobiles, it included work by Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Victor Pasmore, Terry Frost and Roger Hilton. The collector, Howard Bliss, was particularly drawn to Hilton's work, both buying from this exhibition and on further visits to his studio. This was followed with Hilton's inclusion in a mixed show of British Abstract Art at Gimpels Fils in the same year.