Patrick Procktor, R.A. 1936-2003
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“Procktor’s most enviable gift is, perhaps, the ability to tell the truth about small things - the fall of light, the angle of a head or hand. They give the best pictures the immediate quality of diary entries.’’ - Critic Peter Campbell, Patrick Procktor, The Listener, 18 May 1972
Patrick Procktor RA graduated from the Slade School of Art in London in 1962. Alongside his friend and contemporary, David Hockney, he was an integral part of the artists, designers and musicians who defined London’s cultural scene in the 1960s and 70s. In 1964, he was included in Bryan Robertson's groundbreaking Whitechapel gallery exhibition, The New Generation, which featured the work of twelve groundbreaking artists including Hockney, Patrick Caulfield, John Hoyland and Bridget Riley.
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Works
Patrick Procktor, R.A. 1936-2003
Sleeping Baby, 1974Etching and aquatint, artist proof, aside from the edition of 50Unframed: 14.5 x 20 cm.; 5¾ x 8 in.
Framed H. 32 cm x W. 41 cm x D. 2.5 cmSigned in pencil lower right 'Patrick Procktor' and inscribed AP lower leftWB1840Copyright The Artist£ 750.00At the behest of Editions Alecto, Procktor took a set of small copper plates with him on his visit to South Africa in 1974. He left for the Cape in...At the behest of Editions Alecto, Procktor took a set of small copper plates with him on his visit to South Africa in 1974. He left for the Cape in February of that year on the Liner SS Oranje with his wife Kirsten, and baby son Nicholas. They began by staying at a flat near the coast, and then travelled to Stellenbosch, Johannesburg with trip to Victoria Falls, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and back to Johannesburg, leaving for England at the end of March. His South African exhibition opened at Gallery 101 in Johannesburg on 22 March, and was shown in Cape Town and at the University of Stellenbosch. This did not include the six prints which Procktor had etched directly onto the plate. These were completed, with aquatint, back in London, and exhibited at the Redfern Gallery in October 1974. The subject is Nicholas Procktor, aged about two months, with a window view of the Municipal Garden in Johannesburg. Another from the edition is in the Tate Collection.
Exhibitions
London, The Redfern Gallery, Patrick Procktor: New Paintings, Watercolours and Etchings, 1 - 24 October 1974, no. 77;
Sheffield, Mappin Art Gallery, Watercolours, Drawings, Prints and Oils by Patrick Procktor, 9 - 31 August 1975, no. 17;
Chichester, The David Paul Gallery, Patrick Procktor: Oils, Watercolours, Drawings and Aquatints, 1 - 24 August 1977, no. 12;
Wiltshire, Salisbury Playhouse, Patrick Procktor, 1979, no. 6;
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Patrick Procktor, Prints 1959 - 1985, 8 June - 21 July 1985, no.45, with tour to The Hob Warehouse (Guinness Museum), Dublin, The DLI Museum and Arts Centre, Durham, Southampton Art Gallery and The Redfern Gallery
Literature
Patrick Procktor, Prints 1959 - 1985, (exh. cat.), published by The Redfern Gallery and Editions Alecto Limited, 1985, p.85 (illustrated)
