Patrick Procktor was born to English parents in Dublin, Ireland in 1936 and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London from 1958–61. He held his first solo show at London's Redfern Gallery in 1963, which proved to be an instant success, both critically and commercially and in 1964 his work featured in the landmark 'New Generation' exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery, the success of which introduced him to a wide circle of patrons and friends, including David Hockney, R. B. Kitaj, Francis Bacon and Cecil Beaton. Procktor established himself as an extraordinary watercolourist, known for portraits, landscapes, flowers and still-lifes.

Listen to his story here or read the full biography on the BURU database: https://www.buru.org.uk/contributor/patrick-procktor