Patrick Heron

(British, 1920–1999)

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 (1,112 results)
Untitled, 1973

Patrick Heron

Untitled, 1973

Sale Date: September 24, 2008

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Composition (from Shapes of Color), 1978

Patrick Heron

Composition (from Shapes of Color), 1978

Sale Date: July 2, 2008

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Small horizon (from The Shapes of Color), 1978

Patrick Heron

Small horizon (from The Shapes of Color), 1978

Sale Date: July 2, 2008

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Flowers (2 studies), 1943

Patrick Heron

Flowers (2 studies), 1943

Sale Date: July 2, 2008

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Pink, blue, brown interlocking, 1967

Patrick Heron

Pink, blue, brown interlocking, 1967

Sale Date: July 15, 2008

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Anniversary print, 1985

Patrick Heron

Anniversary print, 1985

Sale Date: June 10, 2008

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Abstract composition, 1970

Patrick Heron

Abstract composition, 1970

Sale Date: June 3, 2008

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Abstract composition, 1973

Patrick Heron

Abstract composition, 1973

Sale Date: June 3, 2008

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St. Ives window with red carpet

Patrick Heron

St. Ives window with red carpet

Sale Date: June 6, 2008

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Camellia garden, March 1956, 1956

Patrick Heron

Camellia garden, March 1956, 1956

Sale Date: June 6, 2008

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Still life with hyacinths, plaice and lemon

Patrick Heron

Still life with hyacinths, plaice and lemon

Sale Date: June 6, 2008

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November III 1972, 1972

Patrick Heron

November III 1972, 1972

Sale Date: June 6, 2008

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Umber disc and red edge, 1970

Patrick Heron

Umber disc and red edge, 1970

Sale Date: March 19, 2008

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Untitled, 1984

Patrick Heron

Untitled, 1984

Sale Date: March 18, 2008

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November II 1985

Patrick Heron

November II 1985

Sale Date: March 18, 2008

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Emergent square: Yellow and brown

Patrick Heron

Emergent square: Yellow and brown

Sale Date: March 18, 2008

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June mini 8 :1968, 1968

Patrick Heron

June mini 8 :1968, 1968

Sale Date: March 12, 2008

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Plate 12 (from January 1973), 1973

Patrick Heron

Plate 12 (from January 1973), 1973

Sale Date: February 28, 2008

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Interlocking scarlet and pink in deep green, 1970

Patrick Heron

Interlocking scarlet and pink in deep green, 1970

Sale Date: January 10, 2008

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Two pink disks in dark red, 1970

Patrick Heron

Two pink disks in dark red, 1970

Sale Date: January 10, 2008

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Composition, 1973

Patrick Heron

Composition, 1973

Sale Date: January 10, 2008

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Composition, 1973

Patrick Heron

Composition, 1973

Sale Date: January 10, 2008

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Abstract composition

Patrick Heron

Abstract composition

Sale Date: December 12, 2007

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Reds with lemon disc: December, 1969

Patrick Heron

Reds with lemon disc: December, 1969

Sale Date: December 11, 2007

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