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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
Victor pasmore (1908–1998) - Points of Contact No. 38 - Etching and aquatint
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Varese, IT
Etching and aquatint, edited in 1988 Limited edition of 90 copies, numbered 75/90 Hand signed in pencil by artist Paper size: 70 x 54 cm Sheet size: 41.6 x 39.5 cm Very good conditi...
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1980s Abstract Victor Pasmore Art

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Etching, Aquatint

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

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

Victor Pasmore (1908–1998) - Untitled - Etching and aquatint on paper - 1991
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Varese, IT
Etching and aquatint on paper Edited in 1978 Limited edition of 90, numbered 65/90 Signed in pencil by artist in lower right corner 
Paper size: 97 x 97 cm Very good conditions Regu...
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1990s Abstract Victor Pasmore Art

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Etching, Aquatint

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

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

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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Victor Pasmore(1908–1998) - THe owl of Minerva - Aquatint etching on paper- 1978
By Victor Pasmore
Located in Varese, IT
Aquatint etching on paper, edited in 1978 Limited edition of 90, numbered 65/90
 Signed in pencil by artist in lower right corner 
Paper size: 97 x 97 cm Very good conditions The re...
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1970s Abstract Victor Pasmore Art

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Etching, Aquatint

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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Square Motif, Blue and Gold: The Eclipse-Poster. New York Graphic Society.
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Located in Chesterfield, MI
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