Graham Sutherland
1903–1980 · British · 30 artworks
Neo-RomanticismExpressionismSurrealismOrganic AbstractionExpressive LineSurreal JuxtapositionEmotional ColorDistorted Forms
artist bio
Graham Sutherland was a British artist known for his contributions to Neo-Romanticism and his later, more expressive portraits. He captured the British landscape with a unique blend of surrealism and romanticism, and his wartime commissions documented the devastation of industrial Britain.
what you'll learn
Studying Sutherland's work allows students to explore the fusion of natural forms with emotional expression, and to understand how artists can respond to both the beauty and the trauma of their time. Students can also learn about the power of expressive line and color to convey mood and meaning.
related: Paul Nash, Henry Moore, Francis Bacon
30 artworks
Mrs Ramsey Hunt
1959
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Cecil Harmsworth King
1969
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Cuthbert Aikman Simpson
1967
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Winston Churchill
1954
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Landscape II
1971
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The Philosophers
1924
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Little Mountain in Wales
1944
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Lord Goodman
1974
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Walter Hussey
1965
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Landscape in the South of France
1950
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Kenneth Clark, Baron Clark
1964
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Bird in Landscape
1944
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Milner Gray
1979
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Devastation, 1941, City, Panorama of Ruin
1941
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Road to Porthclais with Setting Sun
1975
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The Honourable Edward Sackville West
1958
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William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
1952
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Santa Maria Della Salute
1957
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Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen (Noli Me Tangere)
1961
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Sir Sacheverell Sitwell
1973
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Sir Edward Langton Iliffe
1976
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Max Egon (1869–1959), Prince Von Fürstenberg
1959
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Paul Sacher
1955
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Sketch for 'The Crucifixion'
1946
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Path Through Wood
1958
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Thorn Tree
1946
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Arthur Jeffress
1953
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Horned Forms
1944
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Graham Vivian Sutherland
1977
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Study for ‘Origins of Land’ (recto)
1950
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