- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Phaidon Press (Sep 21 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0714834440
- ISBN-13: 978-0714834443
- Product Dimensions: 29 x 25.1 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.6 Kg
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#403,227 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1 in Books > Arts & Photography > Artists, A-Z > ( G-I ) > Heron, Patrick
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Product Description
From Publishers Weekly
British artist Heron's paintings, drenched in light and color, confirm him as a colorist of genius and an original who resists categorization. Born in 1920 and residing mostly in Celtic Cornwall since 1956, Heron turned to abstraction in the mid-1950s, with a purely sensuous apprehension of color, space and shape that recalls his idols Matisse, Bonnard and Braque, yet he has restlessly experimented in his own idioms. His juicy biomorphic compositions of the past 16 years shimmer with atmospheric pyrotechnics yet are amazingly relaxed, even serene. In the 1970s he unreeled oceanic stretches of color, seeking what he called a "full emptiness." His joyfully anarchic '60s canvases, featuring orbs, discs and squares that collide, nudge, hover, envelop or invade, invite the eye and the mind to play. In this stunningly illustrated monograph, art critic Gooding sensitively explores a dynamic body of work unfamiliar to most American art lovers.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Book Description
Patrick Heron (1920 -- 99) was one of the leading British artists of his generation, and an important figure in the development of post-war abstract art. Working and living in Cornwall for most of his creative life, he was closely associated with the St Ives artists including Ben Nicholson, William Scott and Roger Hilton. Above all, Heron was obsessed by colour and light, and in a long succession of beautiful paintings he pursued his vision of an art that would reclaim as its true subject 'the reality of the eye'. This book is the first to examine in detail the progress of Heron's career and to set it in the context of his life and times.
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Recommended, Sep 5 2006
By P. Behnke - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Patrick Heron (Paperback)
It's not easy to find writing on Heron or repoductions of his work but this book about covers it all. Examines the artist's art and life and how they relate. Wonderful repoductions of work throughout a long career---every phase is represented. A great tool for artists studying Heron's work or the average art lover. Gooding's text is very accessible.
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