Patrick Heron (1920–1999) was a British painter, art critic, and writer. He began working as an artist at the young age of 14 by designing fabric patterns for his father’s company. He is known for coining the term “non-figurative” to describe his abstract art. Most of Heron’s work is characterized by vibrant colors and his careful use of the entire canvas space. He was inspired by the works of Henri Matisse and Paul Cézanne as well as his surroundings, such as the garden outside his window.

Paintings by Patrick Heron in Chronological Order:

The Long Table with Fruit, 1949	Harbour Window with Two Figures, St Ives: July 1950, 1950	Azalea Garden: May 1956, 1956
Red Garden, 1956	Vertical: January 1956, 1956	Scarlet, Lemon and Ultramarine: March 1957, 1957
Horizontal Stripe Painting: November 1957 – January 1958, 1957-1958	Black and Blue Stripes, 1958	Grey and Brown Stripes, 1958
Red and Yellow Image, 1958	Brown Ground with Soft Red and Green: August 1958 – July 1959, 1958-1959	Yellow Painting: October 1958 May/June 1959, 1959
Green and Purple Painting with Blue Disc: May 1960, 1960	Cadmium with Violet, Scarlet, Emerald, Lemon and Venetian, 1969	Blue and Deep Violet with Orange, Brown and Green, 1970
Blues Dovetailed in Yellow, 1970	Four Blues Two Discs, 1970	Interlocking Scarlet and Pink in Deep Green, 1970
Six in Light Orange with Red in Yellow, 1970	January 1973: 1, 1973	January 1973: 4, 1973
January 1973: 7, 1973	January 1973: 11, 1973	January 1973: 14, 1973
Small Yellow: January 1973, 1973	Scarlet, Emerald, and Orange: July-September 1976, 1976	Untitled (From The Shapes of Colour), 1978
Untitled from the Shapes of Colour, 1978	Untitled (From The Brushwork Series), 1999