English painter, writer and designer Patrick Heron studied briefly at the Slade School of Art before becoming an art critic for the ‘New Statesman’, Heron moved to Cornwall in 1956 and became an important figure in the St Ives School. He won the Grand Prize at the 1959 John Moore’s Exhibition and was awarded a Silver Medal at the São Paulo Biennial in 1965. A major retrospective of his work was held at Tate Britain in 1998. He wrote several books on art, including ‘The Shape of Colour’, 1973.