Patrick Heron British, 1920-1999
Patrick Heron (1920 - 1999), born in Leeds, moved to Cornwall as a child, and came to work for the ceramicist, Bernard Leach where he met many leading artists of the St Ives School, including Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson. Heron studied for a time at Bath Academy of Art, under the supervision of lithography expert Henry Cliffe, and often took his colourful Abstract Expressionism into print, using screen-print and lithography to make wonderful vibrant prints.
Heron had several retrospective exhibitions including Wakefield City Art Gallery (1952); the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (1968); Whitechapel Art Gallery (1972); Barbican Art Gallery (1985); Tate Britain (1998), and posthumously at Tate St Ives (2018). Paintings and prints by Patrick Heron, including editionsof some of the pieces in this exhibition, can be seen in many of the best art museums around the world, including: British Museum, Tate Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum and Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
Patrick Heron (1920 - 1999), born in Leeds, moved to Cornwall as a child, and came to work for the ceramicist, Bernard Leach where he met many leading artists of the St Ives School, including Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson. Heron studied for a time at Bath Academy of Art, under the supervision of lithography expert Henry Cliffe, and often took his colourful Abstract Expressionism into print, using screen-print and lithography to make wonderful vibrant prints.
Heron had several retrospective exhibitions including Wakefield City Art Gallery (1952); the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (1968); Whitechapel Art Gallery (1972); Barbican Art Gallery (1985); Tate Britain (1998), and posthumously at Tate St Ives (2018). Paintings and prints by Patrick Heron, including editionsof some of the pieces in this exhibition, can be seen in many of the best art museums around the world, including: British Museum, Tate Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum and Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
