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
:-june-1983.jpg "Greens and Grey (Red Line): June 1983, 1983")
Patrick Heron
Greens and Grey (Red Line): June 1983, 1983
Sale Date: November 22, 2016
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Portrait of Jo Grimond III: 4 September: 1986, 1986
Sale Date: November 22, 2016
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Hotel swimming bath and restaurant on the Lido, 1981
Sale Date: November 22, 2016
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Leslie Waddington at Monpazier: August 1980, 1980
Sale Date: November 22, 2016
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Three Reds in Green and Magenta in Blue, 1970
Sale Date: October 27, 2016
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Red in Red and Violet and Naples in Lemon..., 1962
Sale Date: October 4, 2016
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COMPLEX CERULEUM IN DARK GREEN SQUARE: MARCH -...
Sale Date: September 28, 2016
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Patrick Heron
SCARLET DISC IN ROUGH VIOLET: DECEMBER 1982, 1982
Sale Date: June 14, 2016
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DULL VIOLET FLOODING WHITE: DECEMBER 1966, 1966
Sale Date: June 14, 2016
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INDIGO ROUND UMBER AND VENETIAN AND INTO..., 1968
Sale Date: June 14, 2016
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:-march-1965.jpg "COMPLICATED REDS (FIVE DISCS): MARCH 1965, 1965")
Patrick Heron
COMPLICATED REDS (FIVE DISCS): MARCH 1965, 1965
Sale Date: June 14, 2016
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SYDNEY GARDEN PAINTING: FEBRUARY 1990: I, 1990
Sale Date: June 13, 2016
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