Patrick procktor biography

British artist (1936–2003)

Patrick ProcktorRA (12 March 1936 – 29 August 2003) was a British painter and printmaker.^[1]

Early life

Patrick Procktor was born in Dublin, the younger son of an oil company accountant, but moved to London when his father died in 1940.

Patrick Procktor, who died on Friday aged 67, was one of the best-regarded British artists of his generation, as notable for his theatrical qualities and his.

Patrick Procktor, who died on Friday aged 67, was one of the best-regarded British artists of his generation, as notable for his theatrical qualities and his.

Biography.

Patrick Procktor was.

He was born in Dublin in , and raised in London, taught by Kyffin Williams at Highgate School.

Patrick Procktor RA was a British painter and printmaker.

From the age of 10, he attended Highgate School – where his teachers included landscape painter Kyffin Williams – intending to read classics at university. However, his mother's income was insufficient to fund his further education and after a period working with a north London builders' merchants 18-year-old Procktor was conscripted into the Royal Navy where, during his National Service, he learned to speak Russian.^[1]

Professional artist

Subsequently, while working as a Russian interpreter with the British Council, Procktor began to paint and draw in his spare time, and was accepted by the Slade School of Fine Art in 1958.

There he was influenced by artists including Will