Patrick Procktor RA RE RWS, British (1936-2003 )

‘Bali’, Watercolour on paper, signed lower right 'Patrick Procktor', indistinctly titled lower right 'Bali', 30.9 x 23.4 cm (sheet size) This work is likely the study for a portfolio of 8 screenprints entitled 'Ocean Pearl (A Far Eastern Voyage)'

Patrick Procktor was part of an influential group of British artists in the 1960s alongside David Hockney, and won the early support of Keith Vaughan and Bryan Robertson. His early paintings were dynamic, abstract depictions of the male nude, before he established himself as one of the leading watercolourists of his generation from the 1970s onwards.

Since his death, there has been a resurgence of interest in Procktor. He has been included in a number of important group exhibitions organised by the Tate, such as Tate Britain's huge survey show of watercolourists, in 2011; in Glam! The Performance of Style at Tate Liverpool, in 2013; and in Queer British Art at Tate Britain, in 2017.