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Patrick Heron24 December 1998: IItitled and dated label versogouache20 x 28 cms (8 x 11 ins)contact gallery
framed: 37 x 44 cms (14½ x 17½ ins) -
Patrick HeronSixteen by Twenty, June 1975signed, titled and dated June 1975 versooil on canvas41 x 51 cms (16 x 20 ins)contact gallery
framed: 53 x 63 cms (21 x 25 ins) -
Patrick Heron28 January 1999: Ititled and dated label versogouache19 x 27 cms (7½ x 10½ ins)
framed: 36 x 44 cms (14 x 17 ins)Sold -
Patrick HeronGarden Platesigned, titled and dated 1991 verso
from an edition of 500screenprinted ceramic31 x 31 cms (12 x 12 ins)Sold -
Patrick HeronSixteen by Twenty: March 9-12, 1981signed, titled and dated 1981 versooil on canvas41 x 51 cms (16 x 20 ins)
framed: 46 x 56 cms (18 x 22 ins)Sold
Patrick Heron was one of the most important British painters of the twentieth century. Born in Headingley, Leeds, in 1920, he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London from 1937 to 1939. After the war, Heron wrote as an art critic for The New English Weekly, The New Statesman, and Nation. In 1956, he returned to Cornwall where he lived and worked for the rest of his life. As an artist and critic, Heron played a central role in animating British interest in modern art after World War II.
Heron was awarded a CBE in 1977, later rejecting a knighthood in the 1980s. From 1980 to 1987, he was a Trustee of the Tate Gallery, London. He received honorary doctorates from Exeter and Kent universities, Winchester School of Art, and the Royal College of Art. Solo exhibitions included the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (1968); Whitechapel Gallery, London (1972); and Barbican, London (1985). A major retrospective of Heron's work was organised by the Tate Gallery, London, in 1998. A further retrospective was held at Tate St Ives in 2018, also touring to the Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate, Kent.
