Patrick Heron

(British, 1920-1999)

MOUSEHOLE HARBOUR : 1947 20.3 X 40.6 cm. (8 X 16 in.)

Footnotes

Provenance
With The Redfern Gallery, London, 10 October 1947, where acquired by
T. W. (Fello) Atkinson, thence by descent to the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.

Exhibited
London, The Redfern Gallery, Paintings by Patrick Heron, 3-25 October 1947, cat.no.61 (as HARBOUR)


A Personal Recollection: Sabih Aykoler and Fello Atkinson By Katharine Heron

I remember these paintings and others, from the beautiful elegant modernist apartment where Sabih Aykoler and Fello Atkinson lived in London. I particularly remember 5 RED DISCS : MARCH 1964 which looked stunning. Sabih was warm and hospitable. He was Turkish and worked for BBC Turkey in London. His life partner Fello was at school with Patrick at St Georges Harpenden. Their remarkable art master introduced them and other friends to art and architecture. Fello became a friend of the whole Heron family and remained a close friend of Patrick throughout his life. The architectural historian Henry-Russell Hitchcock, introduced by Fello, persuaded Patrick to paint a portrait of Fello. Fello had impeccable taste, was sociable and elegant. James Cubitt, Fello Atkinson and partners designed university buildings around the world, and in the UK at Cambridge and Oxford. They designed commercial buildings including for Roche pharmaceuticals at Welwyn Garden City and for Cummins in Darlington. A single elegant house designed by Fello in the 1950s in Leicestershire for the Goddard family who lived there until the recent sale. During the war Fello was based in America and saw little active service, instead acquainting himself with new American architecture. He returned to complete his studies at the Architectural Association.

We are grateful to Dr Andrew Wilson for his assistance in cataloguing this work.

The Patrick Heron Trust is in the process of researching the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work and would like to hear from owners of any works by Patrick Heron, so that these can be included in this comprehensive catalogue. Please write to the Patrick Heron Trust, c/o Modern British and Irish Art, Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, London W1S 1SR or email [email protected]