1982
Victor Pasmore was born in Surrey, England. He was initially known as both a successful representational painter of still life and landscapes, who later became a pioneering abstract artist, producing collages, constructions, prints and paintings that were some of the most revolutionary works of their kind in Britain at the time.
Pasmore attended evening classes at Central School of Arts and Crafts beginning in 1927, while working as a local government officer, experimenting with art styles reflecting developments in art in France since the 1880s.
After experiments in lyrical abstraction in the early 1930s, Pasmore founded the Euston Road School with William Coldstream, Graham Bell and Claude Rogers in 1937, teaching a style of Cézannesque realism that he adhered to in his own portraits and landscapes. The school closed in 1940, but this group moved on to teach at the Camberwell School of Art 1943-49, though Pasmore himself began to experiment with abstraction again from 1947 onwards with the support of Kenneth Clark. His earliest new abstract experiments used linear forms and collage but in 1952 and in parallel with the work of Kenneth and Mary Martin, became rigorously constructivist, with some works as three-dimensional wall-reliefs in wood and perspex. Teaching at the Central School since 1949, he became Head of Painting at King’s College, Durham University in 1954, staying till 1961, when he was able to devote himself to painting full-time.
In the 1960s the geometry softened, introducing curved lines and edges, and bright colors blossoming in the 1970s and later into lyrical abstract compositions of points, wandering lines and planes of bright colors against his habitual white backgrounds and even some drawn outlines of natural forms again towards the end of Pasmore’s life. These transitions were inspired by his relocation to Malta in 1966, where he resided until his death. That same year, he also began intensive experimentation with making prints at the 2RC print shop in Rome in parallel with his paintings. Printmaking became a major part of his oeuvre and he worked with Curwen Press, Kelpra Studio, White Ink and other print studios. Since his death the popularity of his prints has escalated immensely, and his earlier work is now extremely rare.
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"Prix (Track Drawing)" Graphite on Paper
By Patrick Fitzgerald 1
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled “Prix (Track Drawing),” this illustration by Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald is an early study created for his series of abstract “track paintings,” initially born a...
Paper, Graphite
"Hollow" Oil Pastel & Ink on Canvas
By Issy Wilson
Located in Chicago, IL
Awash with swirling colors and abstract forms, the mixed-media paintings of emerging artist Issy Wilson reflect the interconnectedness of the natural world. A collaboration between t...
Canvas, Ink, Oil Pastel
"Study for SWEEPS, " Pigment Ink on Photo Paper
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
The colorful paintings of Jan Pieter Fokkens transport us to distant worlds beyond our comprehension. Within seemingly infinite networks of lines, dots, and crosses, he decodes the recognizable to create something unfamiliar. Each work begins with a colorized photo captured by a deep-space telescope...
Ink, Photographic Paper
"Vestigial Structures" Ink & Pigment on Canvas
By Issy Wilson
Located in Chicago, IL
Awash with swirling colors and abstract forms, the mixed-media paintings of emerging artist Issy Wilson reflect the interconnectedness of the natural world. A collaboration between t...
Ink, Pigment, Canvas, Charcoal
"The Embrace (Shunga Study), " Mixed Media Collage
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his...
Paper, Ink
"Study for SWEEPS, " Pigment Ink on Canvas, 2018
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
The colorful paintings of Jan Pieter Fokkens transport us to distant worlds beyond our comprehension. Within seemingly infinite networks of lines, dots, and crosses, he decodes the r...
Canvas, Ink
Metamorphosis
By Victor Pasmore
Located in New York, NY
Created by Victor Pasmore in 1986, Metamorphosis is a commanding etching and aquatint in colors. Hand-monogrammed by the artist in pencil, dated and numbered from the edition of 90, ...
Etching, Aquatint
Victor Pasmore Etching from "The Dance of Man In Modern Times Portfolio"
By Victor Pasmore 1
Located in Stamford, CT
An etching and aquatint by Victor Pasmore from his portfolio titled "The Dance of Man in Modern Times". Victor Pasmore was one of the leading members of the English school of Abstract Expressionism. Please note this is one print from a larger portfolio. Other prints from this portfolio are available. A bit about Pasmore- Beginning in 1947, he developed a purely abstract style under the influence of Ben Nicholson and other artists associated with Circle, becoming a pioneering figure of the revival of interest in Constructivism in Britain following the War. [6] Pasmore's abstract work, often in collage and construction of reliefs, pioneered the use of new materials and was sometimes on a large architectural scale. Herbert Read described Pasmore's new style as "The most revolutionary event in post-war British art".[7] In 1950, he was commissioned to design an abstract mural for a bus depot in Kingston upon Thames[8] and the following year Pasmore contributed a mural to the Festival of Britain that promoted a number of the British Constructivists. Pasmore was a supporter of fellow artist Richard Hamilton, giving him a teaching job in Newcastle and contributing a constructivist structure to the exhibition "This Is Tomorrow" in collaboration with Erno Goldfinger and Helen Phillips...
Paper
1979 etching by Victor Pasmore, inscribed, signed and dated, 'Cave of Calypso II
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Victor Pasmore (British 1908 – 1998) Cave of Calypso II, 1975 Inscribed ‘P / P’ printers proof (lower left), signed and dated ‘VP 75’ (lower right) in pencil Etching 29.1/2 x 25.1/2 ...
Etching
Points of Contact, Transformations 1 - Victor Pasmore Modernist Monochrome Print
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Victor Pasmore British, 1908-1998 Points of Contact, Transformations 1, 1970 screenprint 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in 47 x 47 cm signed and dated in pen and ink; numbered in pencil, edition of...
Screen
1980 Victor Pasmore oil, acrylic and charcoal on canvas 'Abstract', signed
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Victor Pasmore, R.A. Abstract, 1980 signed with initials (centre right) oil, acrylic and charcoal on canvas 44 x 150cm.; 17¼ x 59in. Executed in 1980. Provenance Sale, Bonhams London...
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic
Untitled IX by Victor Pasmore, 1990
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Untitled IX by Victor Pasmore, 1990 Additional information: Medium:screenprint 73.4 x 104 cm 28 7/8 x 41 in signed with initials, dated and numbered 70/70 in pencil Victor Pasmore ...
Screen
A new show of prints reveals just how much — and how indelibly — Pasmore revolutionized 20th-century British art.
The Qing dynasty beasts honored the dead and warned off malicious spirits.
