Patrick George, 1923 - 2016

​I was sad to read the news of the death of  Patrick George in April. I have one of his paintings in my collection, a large self portrait on canvas, executed in the mid 1960’s. Andrew Lambirth, in his excellent book on the artist published in 2014, quotes Patrick as saying ‘I was bought up to believe that painting was likeness’ and this painting exemplifies this.

'Self Portrait' Patrick George, Oil on canvas, C.1965

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