Joseph Grimond, 1st Baron Grimond, 1913 - 1993, Liberal statesman and theorist
About this artwork
'Jo' Grimond was the leader of the Parliamentary Liberal Party from 1956 to 67 and represented Orkney and Shetland in the House of Commons for thirty-three years. After the Second World War, the Liberal Party was on the verge of extinction but Grimond reversed this decline, doubling the party's representation at Westminster and tripling their share of the vote. Grimond admired the work of Heron, a major abstract painter, and it was at his suggestion that the artist was chosen to undertake this commission for the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. [Artist's title - PORTRAIT OF JO GRIMOND : 1986 : I]
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artist:Patrick Heron (1920 - 1999) English
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title:Joseph Grimond, 1st Baron Grimond, 1913 - 1993, Liberal statesman and theorist
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date created:1986
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:121.00 x 91.50 cm; Framed: 135.30 x 104.80 x 5.40 cm
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credit line:Commissioned 1985
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accession number:PG 2717
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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...
