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Victor Pasmore

Victor Pasmore (1908–1998), also known as Edwin John Victor Pasmore, is a British artist and architect whose career brings together painting, teaching and the design of works for public spaces. He studies painting part-time at the Central School of Art; his works feature, among other places, in an exhibition held at the Zwemmer Gallery in London in 1934. From 1947, he develops a fully abstract style, giving it form notably through collage and the construction of reliefs.

Teaching occupies an important place in his practice: he teaches at the Camberwell School of Art from 1943 to 1949, then at the Central School of Art from 1950 to 1954. From 1954 to 1961, he teaches at King’s College, University of Durham, in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he develops an art and design course inspired by the Bauhaus «basic course». His work also extends into architectural and urban space. In 1950, he is commissioned to create an abstract mural for a bus depot in Kingston upon Thames. Appointed in 1955 as consulting director of the architectural project of the Peterlee Development Corporation, he designs the Apollo Pavilion, an abstract public-art structure located at the centre of the town plan. He takes part in Documenta II in Kassel in 1959, then represents Great Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1961. He settles in Malta in 1966.

This profile brings together identity references for Victor Pasmore and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.

2 references are documented at Germann, Schuler. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.

Works recorded at auction

Schuler · Lot 3225

Linear Image

Mischtechnik auf Platte

Catalogue period : 2018-09-21

Published result : 16000 CHF

Fees not specified in the available data

Estimate : CHF 7000–9000

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Germann

Black Image: The Pistol Shot, 1977

Oil on canvas mounted on wood

Original catalogue wording

Black Image: The Pistol Shot, 1977
Öl auf Leinwand auf Holz.

Date to be documented

Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed

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Sources and references

• Reference record
• LOMBARDIA-CULTURA · CC0-1.0
• LoC · Reference link only; institutional text and images are not reproduced.
• MoMA · CC0
• NDL · NDL Terms of Use (source attribution)
• Documentary source

SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
Documentation updated : 2026-10-19