Double page in-text plate (folios 17 verso and 18) from The Dance of Man in Modern Times

Victor Pasmore was a British painter and printmaker who transitioned from figurative work to geometric abstraction in the 1940s, becoming a pioneer of constructivist art in postwar Britain. Working primarily in oil, acrylic, and etching, he developed a rigorously mathematical approach to composition that emphasized color relationships and spatial structure over representation. His practice extended to relief constructions and environmental installations that engaged architectural principles. Pasmore's work was instrumental in establishing abstract art as a legitimate force in British modernism during a period when figuration remained dominant.

Surrey, UK