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Patrick Heron
Three Cadmiums, Four Discs
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| Artist | Patrick Heron (1920-1999) |
| Title | Three Cadmiums, Four Discs |
| Date | April 1966 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | height: 77.00 cm, width: 102.00 cm |
| Inscription | verso tl: PATRICK / HERON verso tc: 3 Cadmiums 4 Discs: / April 1966 |
| Acquisition | Purchased from Mayor Gallery, February 1976 |
| Location | UK, London, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Carlton Gardens |
| GAC number | 12198 |
Other works by this artist
 | November VI | Gouache on paper 1972 GAC 11016 |
 | The Red Fish | Oil on canvas 1953 GAC 11047 |
 | January 1973: 8 | Screenprint 1973 GAC 11494 |
 | January 1973: 9 | Screenprint 1973 GAC 11495 |
 | January 1973: 12 | Screenprint 1973 GAC 11497 |
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St. Ives School
 | Single Form (Eikon) | Bronze sculpture 1937-1938; cast 1963 GAC 6960 |
 | Green Abstract | Screenprint 1958 GAC 7026 |
 | Spate III | Acrylic on canvas 1965 GAC 7092 |
 | Conoid, Sphere and Hollow III | Marble sculpture 1937 GAC 7368 |
 | Green Night | Screenprint GAC 7645 |
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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, where he lived and worked until his death. Heron was created CBE in 1977 and was a trustee of the Tate from 1980-87. A major retrospective of his work was held at the Tate in1998.