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Patrick Procktor

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The annual dinner at the Royal Academy will be much duller for his anarchic absence, that tapering six-foot-six frame, topped by a fez, seemingly on the verge of imminent collapse as it swayed and teetered above the throng. And Marylebone has never been the same since the fire in 1999 that destroyed
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in 1963 – a great commercial success that helped confirm his reputation among a wider artistic circle including the theatre and music (he won numerous commissions for pop record sleeves). A year later, Procktor was featured in
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Beginning in 1964, Procktor, Vaughan, Robert Medley amongst others, took part in a drawing group at Procktor's home which became a "cross-generational gay network".
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his flat and drove him from a neighbourhood he had graced with his hats and trailing scarves, velvet coats and carpet slippers for the last 40 years.
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Despite his homosexual leanings, in 1973 Procktor married a widow, neighbour and restaurateur Kirsten Benson. She sold her restaurant (Odin's) to
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Procktor was elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1996 and died seven years later, aged 67.
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Patrick Procktor in the National Gallery of Australia's Kenneth Tyler Collection
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in return for hospitality. He appeared, as himself, in the 1974 Hockney biopic,
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influences, but was also influenced by his travels. He visited Italy,
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Procktor's work, primarily in oils, acrylics and watercolour, drew on
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In 1962 he became a professional artist and had his first show at
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when his father died in 1940. From the age of 10, he attended
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London's new scene : art and culture in the 1960s
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in 1958. There he was influenced by artists including
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Patrick Procktor, Painter who personified the Sixties
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RA
Dublin
London
Highgate School
Kyffin Williams
Royal Navy
National Service
interpreter
British Council
Slade School of Fine Art
William Coldstream
Keith Vaughan
The Redfern Gallery
Cork Street
Bryan Robertson
Whitechapel Gallery
David Hockney
Bridget Riley
John Hoyland
pop art
Greece
India
Egypt
China
Japan
Chichester Cathedral
David Gwinnutt
Elton John
Blue Moves
Marylebone

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