Pasmore, Victor (1908-1998), was a British painter best known for his abstract compositions. Among Pasmore’s best-known works are reliefs usually made of painted wood but sometimes incorporating other materials, such as glass and plastics. A typical example is Abstract in White, Black, Indian and Lilac (1957), a largely white three-dimensional composition with narrow bands of bold color.
Pasmore was born on Dec. 3, 1908, in Chelsham, Surrey, and educated at Harrow School, near London. In 1937, he helped found the Euston Road School. The school played an influential training role in English art during the late 1930’s. It closed with the outbreak of World War II in 1939. During the early 1940’s, Pasmore painted many fine representational pictures, especially views of the River Thames. After the end of the war in 1945, he turned to abstract works that showed the influence of Cubism. Pasmore died on Jan. 23, 1998.
