Patrick Heron
(British, 1920–1999)
Biography
Patrick Heron was a painter, designer, and author who made noteworthy contributions to the development of abstract art. Employing the term “non-figurative” to describe his exploration of vibrant color, he believed that all art could be considered abstract. Heron worked to make all areas of a composition into areas of equal importance, turning the English painting convention of narrative, figurative paintings on their head. “The flavor of words is intensely anti-visual,” he once observed. “Strictly speaking painting cannot be written about.” Born in Yorkshire on January 30, 1920, he attended the Slade School of Art in London. A major retrospective exhibition of his work was held at Tate Britain in 1998, and Heron won the Grand Prize at the John Moores Prize Exhibition in Liverpool in 1959 and the silver medal at the São Paulo Art Biennial in 1965. His work is in a number of important collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, The National Portrait Gallery in London, and many others. He died at his home in Cornwall, England on March 20, 1999, at the age of 79.
Patrick Heron Artworks
Patrick Heron
BIG DISC, THREE REDS WITH WHITES : 1971, 1971
Sale Date: March 20, 2019
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Patrick Heron
Six in Light Orange with Red in Yellow :..., 1970
Sale Date: December 5, 2018
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Patrick Heron
RUMBOLD VERTICAL TWO: REDS WITH PURPLE AND...
Sale Date: November 20, 2018
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Patrick Heron
INTERIOR AT ST ANDREWS STREET, ST IVES, 1951
Sale Date: November 20, 2018
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Patrick Heron
Two Magenta Discs in Dark Reds: April 1970, 1970
Sale Date: November 10, 2018
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Patrick Heron
Four Venetian Ovals in Green : October 1962, 1962
Sale Date: November 20, 2018
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Patrick Heron
Three Small Discs on Blue : October 1962, 1962
Sale Date: November 20, 2018
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Rumbold: 10 December 1968 - 5 October..., 1968–1965
Sale Date: November 19, 2018
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THREE REDS, GREEN AND MAGENTA IN BLUE, 1970
Sale Date: October 17, 2018
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