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Victor Pasmore Art

British, 1908-1998

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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Artist: Victor Pasmore
Linear Development A, Variation by Victor Pasmore, 1971
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Linear Development A, Variation by Victor Pasmore, 1971 Additional information: Medium: screenprint 91.4 x 59 cm 36 x 23 1/4 in signed and dated in pencil Victor Pasmore was a Brit...
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20th Century Victor Pasmore Art

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Screen

Blue Image, 1980s Abstract Screenprint by Victor Pasmore, Framed and Glazed
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Blue Image by Victor Pasmore, 1986 Additional information: Medium: screenprint on Fabriano paper 49 x 48.5 cm 19 1/4 x 19 1/8 in signed, dated and numbered 68/90 in pencil Victor P...
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20th Century Victor Pasmore Art

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Screen

Image by Victor Pasmore, 1974
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Image by Victor Pasmore, 1974 Additional information: Medium: etching, aquatint and screenprint 92 x 65 cm 36 1/4 x 25 5/8 in signed with initials Victor Pasmore was a British pain...
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20th Century Victor Pasmore Art

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Etching

Untitled, from Sensory World by Victor Pasmore, Etching with Aquatint, 1996
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Untitled, from Sensory World by Victor Pasmore, 1996 Additional information: Medium: etching with aquatint 44 x 58.5 cm 17 3/8 x 23 1/8 in signed with initials, dated and numbered 4...
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20th Century Victor Pasmore Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Signed and numbered etching by Victor Pasmore, 1974, 'When the lute is broken'
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Victor Pasmore CH CBE (British, 1908 – 1998) When the lute is broken, 1974 Signed and numbered and dated ‘53/60 (lower left) VP 74 (lower right) Etching with aquatint 28.1/8 x 26.1/8...
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20th Century Abstract Victor Pasmore Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Senza Titolo 11 by Victor Pasmore, 1989
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Senza Titolo 11 by Victor Pasmore, 1989 Additional information: Medium: etching with aquatint 40 x 57 cm 15 3/4 x 22 1/2 in signed with initials, dated and numbered 78/90 in pencil ...
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20th Century Victor Pasmore Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Untitled I (Abstract in Blue, Green and Purple) by Victor Pasmore, 1988
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Untitled I (Abstract in Blue, Green and Purple) by Victor Pasmore, 1988 Additional information: Medium: screenprint 57 x 84 cm 22 1/2 x 33 1/8 in signed, dated and numbered in penci...
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20th Century Victor Pasmore Art

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Screen

I, from Sensory World by Victor Pasmore, 1996
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Kingsclere, GB
I, from Sensory World by Victor Pasmore, 1996 Additional information: Medium: etching and aquatint 29.5 x 29 cm 11 5/8 x 11 3/8 in signed with initials and numbered I/III in pencil ...
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20th Century Victor Pasmore Art

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Etching

Anxious Moment by Victor Pasmore, 1986
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Anxious Moment by Victor Pasmore, 1986 Additional information: Medium: etching and aquatint on Fabriano paper 99.5 x 70.5 cm 39 1/8 x 27 3/4 in signed, dated and numbered 40/90 in p...
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20th Century Victor Pasmore Art

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Etching

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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Victor Pasmore Art

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Screen

Untitled VII by Victor Pasmore, 1990
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Untitled VII by Victor Pasmore, 1990 Additional information: Medium: screenprint 73.2 x 103.5 cm 28 7/8 x 40 3/4 in signed with initials, dated and numbered 61/70 in pencil Victor ...
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20th Century Victor Pasmore Art

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Screen

Linear Development in Two Movements, Oil & Pencil on Incised Board Painting 1972
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Linear Development in Two Movements, Oil & Pencil on Incised Board Painting 1972 Additional information: Medium: Oil and pencil on incised board 16 x 16 in (31 x 31 in including fra...
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20th Century Victor Pasmore Art

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Square Motif, Blue and Gold: The Eclipse-Poster. New York Graphic Society.
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Poster. 1979 New York Graphic Society Ltd. Printed in England. Measures 22.75 x 27.75 inches and is Unframed. Good Condition.
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Three Images - Original Etching by Victor Pasmore - 1974
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Located in Roma, IT
Three Images is an original etching and aquatint realized by Victor Pasmore in 1974 and printed by 2RC Editrice, Rome. Hand signed and dated lower right. Numbered lower left from an...
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Points of Contact A - 1960s - Victor Pasmore - Serigraph - Contemporary
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