Graham Sutherland (1903-1980), Painter
Graham Vivian Sutherland
Sitter in 61 portraits
Artist associated with 23 portraits
One of a generation of students who, influenced by Samuel Palmer, revived the art of etching with a romantic vision of the English landscape. The Pembrokeshire coast became a lifelong source of inspiration and he developed a personal response bordering on the abstract. He contributed to the International Surrealist Exhibition in London, and became an Official War Artist. The Christian image of the Cross became a recurring theme and was commissioned in 1952 to design the Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph for Coventry Cathedral. His portrait of Churchill, to mark the Prime Minister's 80th birthday caused a sensation at its unveiling in 1954, and was subsequently destroyed by the sitter's wife.
by Graham Vivian Sutherland
sketchbook, watercolour and pencil, 82 pages, circa 1945-1946
NPG 5337
Graham Vivian Sutherland; Somerset Maugham
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1949
NPG P155
by Graham Vivian Sutherland
pencil, circa 1950
NPG 5702
by Graham Vivian Sutherland
oil on canvas, 1977
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5338
by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 1946
NPG Ax39622
by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 1946
NPG Ax39625
by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 1946
NPG Ax39627
Graham Sutherland; Kathleen Frances ('Katharine') Sutherland (née Barry)
by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 1946
NPG Ax39628
by Francis Goodman
bromide contact print, 1946
NPG Ax39630
Graham Sutherland; Kathleen Frances ('Katharine') Sutherland (née Barry)
by Francis Goodman
half-plate film copy negative, 1946
NPG x68810
Graham Sutherland with his portrait of Somerset Maugham
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print mounted on white card, 1949
NPG x14213
by Elsbeth R. Juda
archival digital print, circa 1950
NPG x132584
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1954
NPG x131186
Kathleen Frances ('Katharine') Sutherland (née Barry); Graham Sutherland; Winston Churchill
by Elsbeth R. Juda
contact sheet, October 1954
NPG x45729
All paintings by this artist on the BBC Your Paintings website
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