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Pasmore (other)
Pasmore may refer to: * John Pasmore, 16th-century English lawyer and Member of Parliament * Victor Pasmore (1908–1998), British artist * Wendy Pasmore (1915–2015), British artist, wife of Victor * ''Pasmore'' (novel), a 1972 novel by David Storey See also * Passmore (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pasmore
John Pasmore (by 1505–44), of Sutton in Halberton, Devon and Lions Inn, London, was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament (MP). He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ... in 1542. References Year of birth unknown 1544 deaths English MPs 1542–1544 Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Exeter {{England-pre1707-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Pasmore
Edwin John Victor Pasmore, CH, CBE (3 December 190823 January 1998) was a British artist. He pioneered the development of abstract art in Britain in the 1940s and 1950s. Early life Pasmore was born in Chelsham, Surrey, on 3 December 1908. He studied at Summer Fields School in Oxford and Harrow in west London, but with the death of his father in 1927 he was forced to take an administrative job at the London County Council. He studied painting part-time at the Central School of Art and was associated with the formation of the Euston Road School. After experimenting with abstraction, Pasmore worked for a time in a lyrical figurative style, painting views of the River Thames from Hammersmith much in the style of Turner and Whistler. In the Second World War, Pasmore was a conscientious objector. Having been refused recognition by his Local Tribunal, he was called up for military service in 1942. He refused orders and was court martialled and sentenced to 123 days imprisonment. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Pasmore
Wendy Lloyd Pasmore, née Blood (9 October 1915 – 2015) was a British artist. Early life Pasmore was born in Dublin on 9 October 1915. She studied at the Chelmsford School of Art. Career In 1955 she was a member of the Women's International Art Club. She exhibited with the London Group from 1956, and became a member in 1958. Pasmore had a retrospective exhibition at the Molton and Lords Galleries in 1963. Her work is in the collection of Tate Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the U .... Personal life In 1940 she married the artist and architect Victor Pasmore (1908–1998). They had two children, a son and a daughter. Pasmore died in 2015. References 1915 births 2015 deaths 20th-century British women artists British artists Artists from Dublin (city) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasmore (novel)
''Pasmore'' is a 1972 novel by the English writer David Storey. It tells the story of a young university lecturer who has a nervous breakdown and leaves his wife and children. A central theme is social mobility and the view of the family across different classes. The novel also explores how mental illness can exist even in people who have seemingly ideal lives. The book was awarded the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1973. It was shortlisted for the 1972 Booker Prize The Booker Prize, formerly known as the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019), is a Literary award, literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the United King .... References {{Reflist 1972 British novels English novels English-language novels Novels by David Storey Longman books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
