About this artwork
Heron's work was strongly influenced by French artists such as Pierre Bonnard and Henri Matisse, with their sensuous feeling for colour. The vibrant shades of red in this painting are typical of Heron's work. In 1962, the year before this work was painted, Heron stated that: 'For a very long time now I have realised that my overriding interest is colour. Colour is both the subject and the means; the form and the content; the image and the meaning in my painting today.'
Updated before 2020
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artist:Patrick Heron (1920 - 1999) English
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title:Red Painting: July 25 1963
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date created:1963
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:121.90 x 152.40 cm; Framed: 124.10 x 154.60 x 4.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1977
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accession number:GMA 1675
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Patrick Heron
Patrick Heron
Patrick Heron was born in Leeds and settled in Cornwall with his family in 1925. He studied at the Slade School of Art in London from 1937 to 1939. Heron's father owned the Cresta Silks factory, for which Heron produced designs in the 1930s and 1940s. As a conscientious objector during the Second...
