Victor Pasmore: A Pioneer of British Abstraction Early Life and Education Edwin John Victor Pasmore was born on December 3, 1908, in Chelsham, Surrey. He received his early education at Summer Fields School in Oxford and Harrow in West London. A turning point came with the death of his father in 1927, forcing him to take an administrative position at the London County Council. He pursued painting part-time at the Central Scho…