Artist: Graham sutherland

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Graham Sutherland was born in 1903 in Streatham, south London. He attended Epsom School and then studied art at Goldsmith’s School of Art (1921-26).Graham Sutherland was an official War Artist, and recorded the bomb damage in London but it was not until after the war that he started to become really well known. He was awarded the Order of Merit in 1960 and died in London in 1980.
In his work Sutherland developed an interest in natural forms of growth such as tree roots and thorn bushes which he often depicted in close-up or from foreshortened viewpoints. These organic growth formations, which remained central to Sutherland’s work throughout his career, often appeared menacing or threatening with their hints of human or animal like characteristics. A man of deep religious convictions, following an early conversion to Catholicism, his work is often filled with spiritual reference. One of his most famous works is his tapestry depicting Christ in Glory, which was unveiled in Coventry Cathedral in 1962 .
Sutherland trained as an etcher at Goldsmiths before he began painting in 1930s. During his time Goldsmiths he found particular inspiration in the remote landscape of Pembrokeshire. His concentration on the minutiae of organic growth, in which he found a reflection of the ‘divine order’, coupled with his feeling for descriptive line and his sensuous use of colour, resulted in the development of a highly recognisable, personal style.