Patrick Procktor

SIDI BOU SAID is a town in Tunisia.

Since his death in 2003, there has been a resurgence in interest in the work of Patrick Procktor (1936-2003). In the 1960s, Procktor was heralded as part of an upcoming group of artists. In 1964, Whitechapel Gallery included his work in an exhibition of work by twelve young artists including David Hockney, Patrick Caulfield, John Hoyand and Bridget Riley entitled The New Generation.

In 1967, after being presented with a box of watercolours by David Hockney, Procktor began to work primarily in watercolours and was soon lauded as one of the greatest watercolourists of his generation. Procktor was also a talented printmaker, using aquatint and etching to replicate the delicate effect of the watercolour painting he was celebrated for. He spent much of the 1970s and early 1980s travelling the world and he produced prints of several of the watercolours he painted during his travels.