However, in 1933 he left the relationship and, like Bellette and Haefliger, he travelled to England and studied at the Westminster School of Art, where he was taught by figurative painters Bernard Meninsky and Mark Gertler.

[1] For many years, Passmore lived in England, working as a layout artist with Lintas both before and after World War II.

[2] Returning to Australia in 1951, Passmore taught art, first at his alma mater, Julian Ashton School.

He taught the students to look at the subject of their paintings as not only a connection of rods, but also as a collection of facets and as a creation of basis mathematical shapes.

Passmore lived the last decades of his life painting, as a recluse, and his final weeks were in a home for the destitute near his birthplace.

[4] Works by Passmore are held by the National Gallery of Australia and most of the country's other major public collections.

[1] The Art Gallery of New South Wales holds many works by Passmore, including paintings and drawings.