Patrick Heron

Patrick Heron was one of the first British artists to embrace abstraction in the 1950s, absorbing and distilling a wide range of influences, particularly Matisse and Braque, to create works that convey a purely visual sensation. This much needed survey of Heron's life and work, the first since his death in March 1999, examines his close and creative relationship with the landscape and light of Cornwalll and his long exploration of the 'colour of colour'.