Patrick Heron - Biography
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PATRICK HERON BIOGRAPHY 1920=Born 30 January, Headingley, Leeds. 1925-29= Lived near Newlyn, and in Lelant, Zennor and St Ives, Cornwall, before moving to Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, September 1929.1934= Designed first silk square for Cresta Silks, London.1937-39=Part-time student at Slade School of Fine Art, London.1940-44=Agricultural labourer, Cambridge and Welwyn Garden City.1944-45=Assistant at Bernard Leach's Pottery, St Ives.1945=Moved to London after marriage to Delia Reiss (d.1979); resumed painting.1945-47=Art Critic for 'The New English Weekly' Annual visits to St Ives, until 1954.1947=First solo exhibition Series of talks on contemporary art commissioned by B.B.C. Third Programme, London Art critic for 'The New Statesman and Nation' (until 1950; further contributions to 1955).1950=First exhibition with the Pen with Society of Arts in Cornwall, St Ives. Continued to exhibit with the Penwith Society at regular intervals until the late 1970s.1950-54=Occasional reviews in 'Art News & Review'. 1953-56=Taught at Central School of Arts and Crafts, London.1955=London correspondent for 'Arts...

