Graham Sutherland

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Who was Graham Sutherland?

Graham Sutherland was a Twentieth Century artist principally famous for his portraits and his giant tapestry in Coventry Cathedral.

Portrait of Graham Sutherland

Date and Place of Birth:

24th August 1903, London, England.

Family Background:

Sutherland was the son of a lawyer and civil servant.

Education:

Goldsmiths' College of Art, London.

Chronology/Biography of Graham Sutherland:

1926: Sutherland became a Catholic.

1930: The print market in Great Britain in which he had plied his trade collapsed due to the recession and Sutherland began painting.

1934: Sutherland was profoundly affected by the landscape of Pembrokeshire in Wales.

1936: He exhibited some landscapes in the International Surrealist Exhibition in London.

1937: Sutherland moved to the White House in Kent.

1940: Sutherland was appointed an official War Artist. He principally worked on the home front painting and drawing the mines and urban bomb damage.

1944: The vicar of St Matthew's in Northampton, Walter Hussey, commissioned him to paint "The Crucifixion" for the church.

1946: St Matthew's Church, "Crucifixion" completed.

1947: His work became inspired by his visits to the South of France.

1949: Sutherland painted a portrait of William Somerset Maugham.

1952: He exhibited in the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale with other artists such as Edward Wadsworth.

1954: The controversial portrait of Winston Churchill is painted. (Later to be destroyed by Churchill's wife after his death).

1955: Sutherland purchased a villa in Menton in the South of France.

1962: The large tapestry "Christ in Glory" was completed for the new Coventry Cathedral designed by the Architect Basil Spence.

1967: Returned again to Wales and was to work there many times again before his death.

Marriage:

1927 to Kathleen Barry.

Date and Place of Death:

17th February 1980, London, England.

Age at Death:

76.

Site of Grave:

Churchyard at Trottiscliffe, Kent after a private
service at a Roman Catholic Seminary in West Malling.

Places of Interest:

COVENTRY:

Coventry Cathedral (Tapestry behind Altar)

GLOUCESTERSHIRE:

Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall

HAMPSHIRE:

City Art Gallery, Southampton

LANCASHIRE:

Bolton Art Gallery
Art Gallery, Bury
City Art Gallery, Manchester

LONDON:

Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon
Tate Britain
National Portrait Gallery

SUSSEX:

Chichester Cathedral
Pallant House, Chichester

WILTSHIRE:

Museum and Art Gallery, Swindon

YORKSHIRE:

Ory Art Gallery, Leeds.

WALES:

Graham Sutherland Gallery, Penrhyn Castle, Bangor
School of Art Gallery and Museum, Aberystwyth.

Further Information:

Mutual Art.com

 

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