 Maddox and the Melvilles officially joined the group in 1938, with Bridgewater joining in 1940.All four were subsequently frequent contributors to the Mesens-published "London Bulletin" and in November 1939 Maddox's work was exhibited alongside that of Breton, Georges Braque, Wassily Kandinsky, René Magritte and Marcel Duchamp at the Guggenheim Jeune Gallery.The major Birmingham surrealists were relatively unaffected by the onset of war