Five Figures on Red Ground 1990
Patrick Burke (1932–2010)
The Aldrich Collection, University of Brighton
Painter, printmaker and teacher, born in Shoreham, Sussex. He studied at Brighton College of Art and Royal College of Art and was a Rome Scholar, 1957–9, specialising in etching. Burke taught at Brighton College of Art and became head of painting at Brighton Polytechnic, retiring in 1989. Some of his work was Pop-influenced, as in The Sussex Scene, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, 1993.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)
