Born 1903, London
Died 1980, London


English painter, printmaker and designer, best known for his surrealist abstractions of landscapes and figures.

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Printmaking dominated Graham Sutherland's work during the 1920s. He further developed his art by working in watercolour before switching to using oil paint in the 1940s.

His work is much inspired by landscape and religion. He designed the mural The Origins of the Land for the 1950 Festival of Britain and the vast tapestry Christ in Glory installed in Coventry Cathedral in 1962.

 

Labelled a Neo-Romantic, Sutherland remained outside of schools and was regarded as a master in his own right. His work was shown at the 1952 Venice Biennale and the 1955 Bienal de Sao Paulo.

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