Learning on ScreenPatrick Heron
- Synopsis
- Patrick Heron (b.1920) is among the most famous of the St Ives school of painters. Shot in St Ives, Cornwall, and at his 1985 London retrospective at London’s Barbican Gallery, this film shows the artist reflecting on his life, and traces the evolution of the blend of colour and bold abstraction that forms his mature style.
- Series
- South Bank Show, The: Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of production
- 1986
- Notes
- Broadcast on ITV on 9/2/86.
- Subjects
- Art
- Keywords
- art - modern art; artists - British; Heron, Patrick
Credits
- Director
- John Read
- Cast
Melvyn Bragg
Distribution Formats
- Type
- VHS
- Format
- PAL
- Price
- £14.95
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 53 minutes
- Year
- 2011
Distributor
- Name
Phaidon Press
- Contact
- Daniel Groenewald (Head of UK Sales & Marketing)
- enquiries@phaidon.com
- Web
- http://uk.phaidon.com/store/video/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7843 1206
- Fax
- 020 7843 1215
- Notes
- A series of 60+ films on major artists, many of which have been broadcast on the Southbank Show. Sale on video. (Some of the titles are available for sale on DVD from Illuminations.
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