Victor Pasmore

1908–1998

Victor Pasmore, ‘Abstract in White, Green, Black, Blue, Red, Grey and Pink’ c.1963
Abstract in White, Green, Black, Blue, Red, Grey and Pink c.1963
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In Tate St Ives

Modern Art and St Ives

In Tate Modern

Artist and Society: A view from São Paulo: Abstraction and Society

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In Tate Britain

Walk Through British Art: 1940

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Biography

Edwin John Victor Pasmore, CH, CBE (3 December 1908 – 23 January 1998) was a British artist and architect. He pioneered the development of abstract art in Britain in the 1940s and 1950s.

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British Constructivism Constructionism Euston Road School

Artworks

Victor Pasmore, ‘Abstract in White, Green, Black, Blue, Red, Grey and Pink’ c.1963

Victor Pasmore Abstract in White, Green, Black, Blue, Red, Grey and Pink

c.1963
On display at Tate Modern part of Artist and Society T11978
Victor Pasmore, ‘Synthetic Construction (White and Black)’ 1965–6

Victor Pasmore Synthetic Construction (White and Black)

1965–6
T00784
Victor Pasmore, ‘Reclining Nude’ 1942

Victor Pasmore Reclining Nude

1942
N05975
Victor Pasmore, ‘Spiral Motif in Green, Violet, Blue and Gold: The Coast of the Inland Sea’ 1950

Victor Pasmore Spiral Motif in Green, Violet, Blue and Gold: The Coast of the Inland Sea

1950
On display at Tate St Ives part of Modern Art and St Ives N06191
Victor Pasmore, ‘The Quiet River: The Thames at Chiswick’ 1943–4

Victor Pasmore The Quiet River: The Thames at Chiswick

1943–4
T00197
Victor Pasmore, ‘The Hanging Gardens of Hammersmith, No. 1’ 1944–7

Victor Pasmore The Hanging Gardens of Hammersmith, No. 1

1944–7
On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art T12615
Victor Pasmore, ‘Abstract in White, Black, Indian and Lilac’ 1957

Victor Pasmore Abstract in White, Black, Indian and Lilac

1957
On display at Tate St Ives part of Modern Art and St Ives T00166
Victor Pasmore, ‘Relief Construction in White, Black and Maroon’ 1962–3

Victor Pasmore Relief Construction in White, Black and Maroon

1962–3
T00609
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Artist as subject

Victor Pasmore, ‘Lamplight’ 1941

Victor Pasmore Lamplight

1941
N05253
Nigel Henderson, ‘Photograph showing interior of a room with a desk and chair’ [June 1951]

Nigel Henderson Photograph showing interior of a room with a desk and chair

[June 1951]
View by appointment TGA 201011/3/1/35/10
Nigel Henderson, ‘Photograph showing sculpture, possibly by Victor Pasmore’ [June 1951]

Nigel Henderson Photograph showing sculpture, possibly by Victor Pasmore

[June 1951]
View by appointment TGA 201011/3/1/35/9
Nigel Henderson, ‘Photograph showing interior of a room with works, possibly by Victor Pasmore’ [June 1951]

Nigel Henderson Photograph showing interior of a room with works, possibly by Victor Pasmore

[June 1951]
View by appointment TGA 201011/3/1/36/5
Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell, ‘Postcard from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell’ [13 June 1940]

Duncan Grant, recipient: Vanessa Bell Postcard from D. [Duncan Grant] to Vanessa Bell

[13 June 1940]
TGA 8010/5/1791
Henry Moore OM, CH, recipient: Kenneth Clark, ‘Letter from Henry Moore to Kenneth Clark’ 22 July 1939

Henry Moore OM, CH, recipient: Kenneth Clark Letter from Henry Moore to Kenneth Clark

22 July 1939
View by appointment TGA 8812/1/3/2037
Anonymous, ‘Photograph of Ben Nicholson and Felicitas Vogler at Victor Pasmore’s exhibition, Venice’ June 1960

Anonymous Photograph of Ben Nicholson and Felicitas Vogler at Victor Pasmore’s exhibition, Venice

June 1960
TGA 8717/5/8/37
Nigel Henderson, ‘Photograph showing artwork possibly by William Turnbull’ [c.1949–c.1956]

Nigel Henderson Photograph showing artwork possibly by William Turnbull

[c.1949–c.1956]
View by appointment TGA 201011/3/1/65/9
Nigel Henderson, ‘Photograph showing interior of a room with works, possibly by Victor Pasmore’ [June 1951]

Nigel Henderson Photograph showing interior of a room with works, possibly by Victor Pasmore

[June 1951]
View by appointment TGA 201011/3/1/36/1
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Film and audio

Listen

Late At Tate: Chris Stevens

Chris Stephens, curator of modern British art and head of displays at Tate Britain will be discussing the aesthetics of ...

Features

Rodrigo Moynihan, ‘Objective Abstraction’ c.1935–6
Art Term

Objective abstraction

The term objective abstraction refers to a non-geometric style of abstract art developed by a group of British artists in ...

Kenneth Martin, ‘Abstract’ c.1950
Art Term

Constructionism

Constructionism was an extension of constructivism in Britain from about 1950, with artists using naturally occurring proportional systems and rhythms ...

Victor Pasmore, ‘Reclining Nude’ 1942
Art Term

Euston Road School

The Euston Road School was a British realist group formed in 1938 of artists who either taught or studied at ...

Richard Hamilton, ‘Interior II’ 1964
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My teacher, Richard Hamilton

While new generations discover Richard Hamilton at Tate Modern, one of his former Newcastle University students reflects on how his ...

Victor Pasmore, ‘Black Abstract’ 1963
Tate Etc

Victor Pasmore's Black Abstract: Tate Etc. at Tate Britain / Artists' Perspectives

In celebration of the reopening of Tate Britain, Tate Etc. invited a selection of artists from around the world to ...

Victor Pasmore Untitled painting of the promenade at Dieppe circa 1933
Tate Etc

Through Pasmore's eyes: Behind the curtain

In his first visit to the Tate archive, the writer Paul Bailey is surprised to find an early painted sketch ...

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