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Patrick Heron CBE

Still Life
1946
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 ins (51.1 x 40.4 cms)

signed and dated 1946, top right

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Patrick Heron had lived in St Ives as a child and aged 26 he returned and spent the summer of 1946 revisiting his familiar childhood haunts. 1946 was a significant year in many respects for Heron; firstly for this return visit, and secondly for his return to painting which had been interrupted by the War. Importantly in 1946, Heron had seen the large exhibition of recent works by Georges Braque held at the Tate Gallery and was enormously impressed by the elder painter's ability to create space and depth with planes of pure colour.

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