'Spring' is the first of a series of four paintings named the 'Four Seasons' painted in 1930, all of which were exhibited and sold at Nash's solo exhibition at the French Gallery in May 1933. The French Gallery was run by Cecily Marchant (1925-1941) also known as the Goupil Gallery, London. In 1976, 'Spring' was chosen as the as the front cover for the Royal Academy show, the first retrospective for a living artist at the Royal Academy - a testament to the impact of this composition on the organisers of the show. Two of the paintings from the 'Four Seasons' are in public collections: 'Autumn' is now in the collection of West Northamptonshire Council, and 'Summer' in the Government Art Collection, under the title 'Summer Flower Piece'. The location of 'Spring' was until now unknown making this painting in particular an exciting discovery.

Nash, in this work which so successfully unites both his interest in flowers and his interest in British landscapes, also hints at an awareness of surrealism (with which his brother Paul was heavily involved at the time). The work can be read on one level as a beautiful flowering plant (imperial fritillaries and pheasant's eye narcissus) in early spring with shards of sunlight breaking through the heavy winter clouds, and rich green fields in the background, but gives a nod to surrealism with the twisting stems of the plants almost taking to life under the rich beam of sunlight and leaving us questioning if there might be a symbolic or allegorical statement behind the work.