| Biography |
| 1936 | Born Dublin. Younger of two brothers. Father dies 1940. Brought up by mother and maternal grandparents in London and Brighton. His grandmother was a talented amateur painter of still life. |
| 1946 | Highgate School. The art master was the Welsh landscapist and R A, Kyffin Williams. |
| 1952-54 | Employed in large north London firm of builders' merchants. |
| 1954-56 | Conscripted into Royal Navy as a student of Russian language. Subsequently visited Russia three times, as an interpreter with various delegations. |
| 1958 | Entered the Slade; under the influence of William Coldstream, Keith Vaughan, William Townsend, Claude Rogers and Robert Medley, among others. His painting developed in the dark figurative tradition which then held sway. |
| 1962 | Graduated from the Slade and, with the help of Rome and Abbey travelled to Italy and Greece in the company of the artist Michael Upton. In the winter of 1962, he painted a number of large figures in a landscape which formed the first exhibition at the Redfern Gallery in 1963. All the paintings were sold before the opening. |
| 1963 | Moved to what had been William Coldstream's flat in St Marylebone, where he still lives. |
| 1964 | Exhibited in the first 'New Generation' show at the Whitechapel Gallery, selected by Bryan Robertson. |
| 1965 | Second one-man show at the Redfern Gallery consisted of portraits and landscapes still far from realistic. The critics pointed to a supposed surreal influence from his contemporary and friend R B Kitaj.
First travel in USA in company with David Hockney, Norman Stevens and Colin Self. |
| 1967 | A new exhibition at the Redfern Gallery, gained notoriety because of enormous canvases of Chinese Red Guards and American leather boys. |
| 1970 | 1st Jan Set off by train, boat and 'plane for India and Nepal. Landscapes of India in oil and watercolour exhibited at Redfern that winter. |
| 1972 | First exhibition at the Galleria del Cavallino, Venice. New exhibition at Redfern of landscapes of Venice and portraits. |
| 1973 | Married to Kirsten at the Danish Church, St Katherine's in Regents Park. |
| 1974 | Birth of son Nicholas.
Travelled to South Africa by sea and then later in 1974, an exhibition at the Redfern of portraits of Negroes and landscapes of home and abroad. |
| 1977/78 | Further exhibitions in England and abroad.
Redfern Gallery exhibition of Venice landscapes and publication of the Venice Suite of seven aquatints. |
| 1980 | Visited China. Subsequent exhibition at the Redfern attended on separate occasions both by H R H The Princess Margaret and H E The Chinese Ambassador who made a speech. |
| 1983 | Painted and made designs and models at the Royal Opera House for the new production of 'Turandot', later abandoned by the management.
Visited Belize at the invitation of the Imperial War Museum to paint soldiers. |
| 1984 | Death of Kirsten.
Painted Reredos for St John the Baptist's Chapel in Chichester Cathedral consecrated on the 7th October.
Travels in Egypt |
| 1985 | Visited Portugal at the invitation of British Council to cover H M The Queen's visit in watercolour.
Retrospective exhibition of graphic work since 1959 at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
Landscapes of Egypt exhibited at Redfern Gallery. |
| 1988 | (27th April) Television Documentary 'My Britain' produced by Liam White for Channel 4. |
| 1989 | (18th-22nd January) One-man exhibition at the Redfern Gallery stand at the World of Drawings and Watercolours, Park Lane Hotel.
Exhibited at Galerie Biedermann, Munich.
Welsh Arts Council Tour of Great Britain.
The Watercolour Foundation Award 1989.
Exhibition of paintings and watercolours at Redfern Gallery. |
| 1990 | Exhibited at Galleria Ghelfi, Venice. |
| 1991 | Exhibited at Galerie Coard, Paris.
Prizewinner - The Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition.
Exhibition 'Le Style Japonais' Recent Oils, Watercolours and Prints at Redfern Gallery.
Autobiography: Self Portrait published by Weidenfeld & Nicholson. |
| 1992 | Exhibited at Tokyo Art Fair - Galerie Enatsu.
Prizewinner - The Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition.
Visited South East Asia.
Exhibited at Galerie Biedermann, Munich. |
| 1993 | Exhibited LeCadre Gallery, Hong Kong. |
| 1994 | Exhibition 'Recent Paintings and Drawings and Paintings from the 1960s to 1980s' at Redfern Gallery, London.
Exhibited at CCA Galleries, Cambridge. |
| 1995 | Exhibited at Rye Art Gallery, Rye, East Sussex.
Elected Royal Academician. |
| 1996 | Exhibition 'A 60th Birthday Tribute to Patrick Procktor' at Redfern Gallery, London. |
| 1997 | Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Prints at Redfern Gallery, London.
Publication of: Patrick Procktor by John McEwen (Scolar Press).
Exhibition Patrick Procktor: For Decades of Printmaking at Scolar Fine Art, London. |
| Collections |
| Arts Council of Great Britain |
| Contemporary Art Society |
| Imperial War Museum, London |
| Leicestershire Education Authority |
| Los Angeles County Museum |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
| New College, Oxford |
| Săo Paulo Museum of Art, Brazil |
| Tate Gallery, London |
| The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas, USA |
| University of Leeds |
| Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester |
