62 R Emerald Green (from the series ‘Clear, Coloured and Neutrals’), 1968

<p>Gordon House studied at Luton School of Art in Bedfordshire and St. Albans School of Art in Hertfordshire before moving into a career in graphic design. From the late 1950s onward, House began producing large-scale abstract works. However, it was in the 1960s that his reputation began to grow: he had become established among a new generation of artists as an independently minded and adventurous painter and designer. He worked for The Beatles, designing their White album and the back of the <em>Sergeant Pepper</em> album, for which his longtime friend Peter Blake designed the front. Later, he designed Wings’ first album cover. His paintings and prints are held in public collections internationally</p>