Carpet Wallhanging

Location

Country: Italy
City: Rome
Place: British Embassy

Patrick Heron was born in Leeds and studied at the Slade School of Art in London from 1937-39. During the 2nd World War he was an assistant at the Bernard Leach pottery in St Ives, where he met Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth. From 1953-56 he taught at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. Until 1955 he worked in a figurative style derived from Matisse, painting still life and interiors with bright colours and complex spatial relationships. His conversion to pure abstraction in 1956 coincided with his move to Eagle’s Nest, Zennor, near St Ives in Cornwall, where he lived and worked until his death. Heron was appointed a CBE in 1977 and was a trustee of the Tate from 1980 until 1987. A major retrospective of his work was held at the Tate in 1998 and his work can be found in international collections including Tate; the Arts Council Collection; and the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh.

Places

Subjects

abstract, St. Ives School

Materials & Techniques

wool, wool tapestry, hand-knotted

Artist

Patrick Heron (1920 - 1999)
V'Soskie Joyce Workshop

Title

Carpet Wallhanging

Date

1981

Medium

Hand-knotted wool

Dimensions

height: 152.50 cm, width: 228.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Anne Berthoud Gallery, July 1984

GAC number

16298