Patrick Heron
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Patrick Heron (1920 – 1999), was a British artist, based in St. Ives, Cornwall. Born in Leeds, he studied part-time at the Slade School of Fine Art (1937–1938) and worked as an assistant at Bernard Leach's Pottery in St. Ives (1945). He taught at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London (1953–1956) and worked as an art critic on the New Statesman. His early work was influenced by Henri Matisse and consisted of figurative studies, but later on he developed an abstract style using unusual colours and intricate patterns. Heron was also a textile designer and wrote a book, The Shape of Colour (1978), in which he analysed natural forms. On 24 May, 2004, the Momart warehouse fire destroyed a number of Heron’s most important works.
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