Garden Print: 1987

Location

Country: Netherlands
City: The Hague
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, garden

Materials & Techniques

lithograph

Artist

Patrick Heron (1920 - 1999)

Title

Garden Print: 1987

Portfolio Title

Artists' Choice

Edition

45/48

Date

1987

Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

height: 30.70 cm, width: 30.70 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the Royal College of Art, November 2007

Inscription

verso, br: Patrick Heron 1987 / 45/48

Provenance

Royal College of Art

GAC number

18161/25