Graham Sutherland
(1903-1980), PainterGraham Vivian Sutherland
Sitter in 62 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 was a lifelong source of inspiration. His acclaimed painting of the writer Somerset Maugham (1949) began a revival in the art of portraiture. Sutherland contributed to the International Surrealist Exhibition in London and was an Official War Artist. He designed the Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph for Coventry Cathedral. Sutherland's portrait of Churchill, to mark his 80th birthday caused a sensation at its unveiling in 1954, and was subsequently destroyed by the sitter's wife.
by Graham Sutherland
sketchbook, watercolour and pencil, 82 pages, circa 1945-1946
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by Graham Sutherland
pencil and crayon, 1949
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by Graham Sutherland
sketchbook, 104 pages, 1949
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by Graham Sutherland
pencil, circa 1950
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William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
by Graham Sutherland
sketchbook, 90 pages, 1951
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William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
by Graham Sutherland
oil on canvas, 1952
NPG 5195
by Graham Sutherland
lithograph, 1953
NPG 5329
by Graham Sutherland
black chalk, pencil and gouache, 1953
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by Graham Sutherland
black chalk on tracing paper, 1953
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by Graham Sutherland
oil on canvas, 1954
On display at Churchill War Rooms, London
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by Graham Sutherland
chalk, 1954
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by Graham Sutherland
pen and ink and pencil, 1954
NPG 5334
by Graham Sutherland
pencil and wash, 1954
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by Graham Sutherland
sketchbook, 14 pages, 1954
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Edward ('Eddy') Sackville-West
by Graham Sutherland
pencil and gouache, 1957
NPG 5336
by Graham Sutherland
oil on canvas, circa 1962-1964
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by Graham Sutherland
oil on canvas, 1963-1964
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by Graham Sutherland
pencil, crayon and biro, 1967
NPG 6465
by Graham Sutherland
oil on canvas, 1969
NPG 6613
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