Artist: Patrick Heron (1920 - 1999)
Nationality: British
Movement: Abstract Art
Media: Painting
Influences:

Biography:
Patrick Heron was a British painter, designer, and writer who was initially influenced by the work of Henri Matisse and Georges Braque. In 1956, he moved to Cornwall, took up abstraction and became a member of the St. Ives School. His paintings were a combination of stripe compositions and more organic shapes, all done in vibrant colors. Heron’s books included The Changing Forms of Art in 1955 and The Shape of Colour in 1973.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: James Jacques Joseph Tissot Title: On the Thames, A Heron Date: about 1871 -
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Frans Snyders - The Fable of the Fox and the Heron c. 1630-40 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Flemish
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James Jacques-Joseph Tissot - On The Thames, A Heron c. 1871-72 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts French
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Richard Redgrave - The Heron Disturbed c. 1850 oil on millboard Minneapolis Institute of Arts British
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George Inness - The Home of the Heron 1893 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Frederick MacMonnies - Young Faun and Heron 1890-1894 bronze Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Patrick Heron - Icy Emerald Cutting Into Dark Green and Blue 1968 watercolor on paper Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at The University of Oklahoma English
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Tsunetomi Kitano Heron Maiden Color woodcut with mica background 1925
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Kokyo Dance of the Heron Color woodcut 1925
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Heron in Rain, Ide Gakusui (Japan, Yamanashi, 1899 - 1992) , 1950, Color woodblock print
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Ocelot Carrying Off a Heron, Antoine-Louis Barye (Flanders, Bréda, 1796 - 1875) , circa 1850, Bronze
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Richard Redgrave Title: The Heron Disturbed Date: about 1850 Medium: oil on millboard Dimensions:
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Francis Bedford Heron Pool on the Lledr, North Wales albumen print 19th century
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Edward Lear Purple Heron - Ardea purpurea lithograph with hand coloring 19th century
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Heron Maiden, Kitano Tsunetomi (Japan, 1880 - 1947) , 1925, Color woodblock print with mica
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro Title: The "Snow Heron" Dancer Date: about 1794 Medium: color woodblock print
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Heron on a Plum Branch, Tsukioka Kogyo (Japan, 1869 - 1927) , 1875-1899, Color woodblock print
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Suzuki Harunobu Title: "Crow and Heron" Date: about 1766 Medium: color woodblock print Dimensions:
Museum of Fine Arts -
White Heron on a Snow-Covered Willow Hanging scroll Chinese Yuan dynasty, 14th century China Hanging
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John Trumbull - Patrick Tracy 1784-1786 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Heron, Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada) (Japan, Tokyo, 1915 - 2001-01-30) , June 1974, Ivory with light staining, sumi, black coral inlays
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James Valentine A Heron albumen print from collodion glass negative mounted to a thin album page circa 1870
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Young Faun and Heron, Frederick MacMonnies (United States, New York, Brooklyn, 1863 - 1937) , modeled 1890; copyrighted 1894, Bronze
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Sir Henry Raeburn - Captain Patrick Miller 1788-1789 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Ohara Shoson Standing Heron in the Rain Color woodcut with embossing 1928
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HERON AUX AILES DEPLOYEES (1865 vers ; 1867 ou) by SISLEY Alfred
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Sir Henry Raeburn - Portrait of Sir Patrick Inglis, Baronet of Sunnyside c. 1790 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts Scottish
Museum of Fine Arts -
Ostrich; Heron Page from a Nuzhatnama (Book of Pleasures) Persian? Safavid?, possibly 16th century Iran?
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CHASSE AU HERON AVEC L'ARCHIDUC LEOPOLD-GUILLAUME (1614 ; 1662) (2e quart 17e siècle ; 2e moitié 17e siècle) by TENIERS David II, TENIERS Le Jeune (dit)
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Providence, Patrick McNeally  (Artist), 1970, Gelatin-silver print
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Philips Wouwerman La Chasse Au HÈron..(The Heron Hunt0...forty second plate in the book...[Title in Russian and French] Imperatorskaya Ermitazhnaya Galereya ä GalÈrie ImpÈriale de l'Ermitage (Saint Petersburg: Gohier Desfontaines, 184
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Inro, Ojime, Netsuke, Kajikawa Bunryusai (Japan, died N/A) , mid-18th century, One-case inro with design of heron on boat in reeds in gray and gold takamakie on black lacquer ground, mother-of-pearl inlay; wood temple ojime; ivory netsuke of seated child
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Patrick Maloney Feb. 25, 1980 colored inks 1980
Museum of Fine Arts -
Sakai Hoitsu, 1761-1828 Heron and Lotus Hanging scroll Japanese Edo period, late 18th–early 19th century
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Henry Patrick Raleigh Sisters Drypoint 1918
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Henry Patrick Raleigh Old Model Etching 1910
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Patrick Palmer Stey Guard II watercolor, graphite and acrylic 1980
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J. McIntosh Patrick Les Ramparts, les Baux Etching 1927
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J. McIntosh Patrick Kyleakin Etching 20th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Landscape, 1828 Patrick Nasmyth (British, 1787-1831)Oil on wood; 27 1/2 x 36 1/4 in. (69.9
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Henry Patrick Raleigh Paris Scene Etching 1910
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Henry Patrick Raleigh On the Sand Etching and drypoint 1918
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Henry Patrick Raleigh Portrait (man in cap, seated) Etching 1918
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Henry Patrick Raleigh Fruit Stall Etching 1910
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Henry Patrick Raleigh Coal Barges Etching 1918
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Henry Patrick Raleigh Nurse and Child Lithograph 1919
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J. McIntosh Patrick Evening Nimes Etching 20th century
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J. McIntosh Patrick Palace of the Popes, Avignon Etching 1928
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My City III, Patrick Wilson (born 1970)  (Artist), 1999, Acrylic, oil and pigment on canvas
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Henry Patrick Raleigh White Awning 19th - 20th century
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Henry Patrick Raleigh Furled Sails Drypoint and etching 1910
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Henry Patrick Raleigh Shadows Etching 19th - 20th century
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Untitled, Patrick Nickell (United States, born 1960)  (Artist), 1997, Graphite on paper
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Patrick Dullanty Snodgrass Slough Color lithograph 1955
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Pin, Patrick Kelly (United States, 1954-9-24 - 1990-1-1) , circa 1988, Black net, silk
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Patrick Dullanty Sloughman's Slough color lithograph 1956
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Sir Henry Raeburn Title: Portrait of Sir Patrick Inglis, Baronet of Sunnyside Date: about
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LA CHASSE AU HERON (ALGERIE) (1865) by FROMENTIN Eugène
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USA, New-York : Saint Patrick et Buildings (1930) by JEAN-HAFFEN Yvonne
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Thomas Rowlandson The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome (London: Patrick Martin: (1815 ) Book with 13 (of 15) etchings with hand coloring 1815

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (10)
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Tate St. Ives: Patrick Heron: Garden Paintings
Heron was international in his outlook and in order to complement his exhibition a number of paintings by major figures of the modern movement will be displayed at Tate St Ives. These are the artists that he wrote about and include Mon...
Richard Green: The Shape of Colour: Works by Patrick Heron
Throughout his career he remained devoted to French art and was particularly influenced by Georges Braque, Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard, while recognising the major significance of post-war American Abstract Expressionism. Throughout his care...
Kettle's Yard Gallery, University of Cambridge: The Print Show
For over 30 years Cambridge has been a centre of excellence and innovation in printmaking, attracting artists from around the world. Each studio has its own area of expertise - lithography at The Curwen Studio, screenprinting at The Print Studi...
Art Gallery of Hamilton: Audubon's Wilderness Palette: The Birds of Canada
Audubons Wilderness Palette presents an impressive and engaging cross section of prints from the folio that focus for the first time on the artists Canadian excu...
Phillips Collection: An Irish Vision: Works by Tony O'Malley
Tony OMalley is one of the major figures in Irish art today. He has exhibited widely in England and Ireland since 1950, and more recently in Denmark. This will be his first one-person exhibition in the United States. ...
Van Geyt Fine Art: The Fables of La Fontaine; Romantic Engravings of Auguste Delierre
Peter van Geyt established the Van Geyt art gallery shortly after the Second World War. After having spent his youth hiding from the occupying Germans in attics and ditches in the Netherlands, Peter decided to turn his hobby into his profession. T...
Alan Cristea Gallery: Ian McKeever: Assembly Paintings 2006-07 from Four Quartets
The works in the exhibition are from McKeever’s Assembly series, which is one in a group of four series that collectively form the body of work, Four Quartets, that McKeever began in 2001. The title was taken from TS Eliot’s poem of the same name....
Fenimore Art Museum: Being Indian: The 6th Contemporary Iroquois Art Biennial
Peter B. Jones (Onondaga-Seneca) is a renowned potter and sculptor from the Beaver Clan, Onondaga Nation. Jones, who resides on the Cattaraugus Territory of the Seneca Nation of Indians, studied under Hopi artist Otellie Loloma while attending the...
University of Richmond Museums, Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art: Pierre Daura, Catalán-American Modernist: People, Places, and Things
Born on the island of Minorca, Spain, in 1896, Daura was raised in Barcelona, Catalonia (a northern region in Spain) where he studied art under José Ruiz Blasco, Pablo Picasso’s father. In 1914, Daura moved to Paris to work in the studio of artist...
Temple Bar Gallery and Studios: The Square Root fo Drawing
Traditionally, drawing was regarded as an integral part of training for any painter or sculptor. Its close association with preparation however, meant that for a long time drawing was regarded as secondary to the ‘established’ arts of painting and...

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