| Description | Correspondence, writings and other papers of Graham Sutherland. , Correspondence (by name of correspondent or subject): miscellaneous (fiche 1-2), George Humphries, Vivian Sutherland, Francis Bacon (2), Humphrey Sutherland (2-3), Cecil Beaton, Lord (Patrick) Plunket, Dennis Williams, Aneurin Bevan, Jennie Lee, Hardy Amies, Evill and Coleman, Kenneth Brown Baker Baker (3), Kenneth Clarke and family (3-5), Douglas Cooper (5-8), William Somerset Maugham, Lord Max Beaverbrook (8), Edward Sackville-West (8-9), Sir Winston Churchill (9-10), Helena Rubinstein, Prince Max Egon von Fèurstenberg, Arpad Plesch, Mrs Daisy Fellows, Dr Konrad Adenauer, Max Rayne (10), tapestry for Coventry Cathedral (10-15), Rosenberg and Helft Limited, Paul Rosenberg and Company, The Hanover Gallery (15), Arthur Jeffress (Pictures), Marlborough Fine Art Limited (15-16), Sutherland Turin Exhibition 1965, Biennale di Venezia 1952, Third Biennial Exhibition, Sao Paolo 1955 (16)., Draft letters from Sutherland to: Eric (Newton), the War Office, Peter (Watson) published in Horizon April 1942, (Kenneth Clark), Robert (Melville) re book on Sutherland (16), Curt (Valentin), Giorgio Soavi (17)., Manuscript material: 'Landscape painting', 'The Question of Canaletto, Classical and Romantics etc', 'In the painter there is the eye, the mind (heart) and the brain...', biographical details, list of paintings, extracts copied from an article discussing 'The Intruding Bull' and 'Horned Tree Farm' c.1945, Picasso statement extract, 'Poetry is the dynamic' lecture, interview by R. Orlando for BBC, proof of Who's Who 1945 (17-18), design for monogram, pencil sketch of possible cover for exhibition catalogue 1953, Tate Trustee meeting minutes 1952, 'Graham Sutherland' from exhibition catalogue 1953, bibliography 'Books and Articles' 1953, cartoon by Osbert Lancaster 1954 (17-18)., Printed material: 'Sergei Diaghilev Season of Russian ballet at the Haymarket' programme 1926, studies for Red Monolith 1931, Motor Fuel Ration book 1942, ledger kept by Kathleen Sutherland (18-19), presscuttings 1926-1930 (20-21), presscuttings 1940 (21-22). |
| Administrative History | Graham Sutherland was born in 1903 in London. He spent some time as an engineering apprentice, but attended Goldsmiths' College from 1921-1926, where he specialized in etching and engraving. He held his first one-man show in 1925 and was elected to the Royal Society of Etchers and Engravers in the same year. In 1926 he converted to Roman Catholicism. Following the collapse of the print market in 1929, he designed posters, china, glass and fabrics. He also began painting and taught at Chelsea School of Art. During the 1930s he regularly visited the West Country and Pembrokeshire, with his wife Kathleen. In 1936 he exhibited in the International Surrealist Exhibition. Between 1940 and 1945 he was an official war artist, recording bomb damage to buildings and mining and quarrying in Wales and Cornwall. In 1944 he completed his first religious commission, 'Crucifixion', for St. Matthew's Church, Northampton. In 1950-1 he painted the 'Origins of the Land' for the Festival of Britain. In 1952 he designed a tapestry of 'Christ the Redeemer Enthroned in Glory in the Tetramorph', for the new Coventry Cathedral. From 1955 Sutherland lived much of the year near Menton, in France. He died in 1980. |