Graham Vivian Sutherland, 1903 – 1980
Graham Vivian Sutherland: The 61 Best-Known Paintings
Of all Graham Vivian Sutherland's paintings, Welsh Landscape with Roads (1936) is the most famous. Close behind come Large Vine Pergola No.2 (1948) and Flying Bomb Depot (verso) (1945). Among the 61 works by Graham Vivian Sutherland in our catalogue, these 61 are the most celebrated, each shown with its date, its museum and its story.
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- 1903 – 1980, Streatham
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- Surrealism
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Graham Vivian Sutherland's 10 most celebrated paintings
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Large Vine Pergola No.2
To stand before Graham Vivian Sutherland's "Large Vine Pergola No.2" is to step into a vibrant, emotionally charged landscape rendered entirely through pigment and gesture. This piece is not merely a depiction; it is an experience—a confluence of organic energy captured at the height of modern artistic expression. The eye is immediately drawn into the heart of the composition, where bold white forms suggest the graceful, almost architectural sweep of…
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Flying Bomb Depot (verso)
Graham Vivian Sutherland's “Flying Bomb Depot (verso),” painted in 1945, isn’t merely a depiction of wartime devastation; it’s a profoundly unsettling meditation on the intersection of nature, destruction, and human vulnerability. Created during a period when Britain was grappling with the realities of aerial bombardment and the looming shadow of defeat, this work transcends its immediate subject matter to become a poignant symbol of a world irrevocably altered. The painting…
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Tree Form
Graham Vivian Sutherland’s 1941 painting, “Tree Form,” isn’t merely a depiction of a tree; it’s an immersion in primal emotion and a profound exploration of the natural world filtered through the lens of Surrealism. This arresting work, housed within a relatively modest 39 x 31 cm canvas, immediately commands attention with its unsettling yet captivating composition – a colossal, textured creature emerging from a void of deep indigo. It’s a…
Graham Vivian Sutherland paintings ranked 11 to 61
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Palm and Wall
In "Palm and Wall" by Graham Sutherland, a rectangular piece of woven textile is centered against a solid black background. The composition is vertical. It relies on a…
#12
Flying Bomb Depot (recto)
Graham Vivian Sutherland's "Flying Bomb Depot (recto)," painted in 1945, isn’t merely a depiction of wartime architecture; it’s a profound meditation on destruction, isolation, and the unsettling beauty…
#13
Pink Vine Pergola
Graham Vivian Sutherland's "Pink Vine Pergola," painted in 1947, isn’t merely a landscape; it’s a carefully constructed distillation of mood and memory. It captures a fleeting, almost melancholic…
#14
The Marshalling Yard at Trappes, France Damage Done by RAF
The Marshalling Yard at Trappes, France Damage Done by RAF is a work by Graham Vivian Sutherland. Completed in 1944, the painting captures a moment of stillness amidst…
#15
Portuguese-British alliance
In this 1957 work, Graham Sutherland moves away from the heavy, visceral textures of his wartime landscapes toward a more structured, almost dreamlike composition. Portuguese-British alliance presents a…
#16
Thorn Tree
Graham Vivian Sutherland's "Thorn Tree," painted in 1946, isn’t merely a landscape; it’s an immersion into the heart of Pembrokeshire’s rugged beauty, filtered through the uniquely perceptive eye…
#17
Landscape Undulations with Undergrowth
Landscape Undulations with Undergrowth is a work by Graham Sutherland. Created in 1942, the piece emerged during a period when the artist was transitioning from printmaking toward the…
#18
Uži put između živica
Graham Vivian Sutherland’s “Narrow Road Between Hedges,” painted in 1938-1939, stands as a striking testament to the artist's masterful fusion of English landscape painting tradition with the burgeoning…
#19
The Deposition
Graham Vivian Sutherland’s “The Deposition,” painted in 1947, is not merely a depiction of a biblical scene; it's a profoundly moving meditation on loss, sacrifice, and the enduring…
#20
Landscape in the South of France
In the quiet moments of contemplation, few scenes capture the soul as tenderly as Landscape in the South of France. Painted in 1950 by the master of British…
#28
Black Landscape
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Western Hills
#37
Red Landscape
#39
Crucifixion
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Horned Forms
#45
Crucifixion
#46
Green Lane
#48
Head
#52
Thorn Head
#54
Dark Entrance
#55
Green Tree Form
In the quiet tension of 1940, amidst the gathering shadows of World War II, Graham Vivian Sutherland birthed a masterpiece that would redefine the boundaries of the British…
#57
Palm on Wall
“Palm on Wall,” painted in 1948 by Graham Vivian Sutherland, stands as a cornerstone of British Expressionism and exemplifies his masterful ability to fuse the contemplative spirit of…
#58
Estuary
Graham Sutherland is best known as a war artist during the Second World War and for his designs for Coventry Cathedral. His early works were almost all etchings…
#59
Welsh mountains
#61
Study of a Hand
Graham Vivian Sutherland's canvases, period by period
Post-War Period
1945 – 1947 · 3 djela na ovom popisu
Mature Period
1939 – 1957 · 18 djela na ovom popisu
What Graham Vivian Sutherland painted most
The four subjects that return most often on these canvases, each with its best-loved example.
Landscape 8 djela
British art 5 djela
Pembrokeshire 3 djela
Birds 3 djela
Where Graham Vivian Sutherland's canvases hang
8 muzeja u kojima se nalazi najviše djela s ove stranice.
| Muzej | Grad | Djela autora Graham Vivian Sutherland | Slike iz ovog popisa |
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 British Council Collection |
London | 5 | Large Vine Pergola No.2, Pink Vine Pergola, Thorn Tree |
 Pallant House Gallery |
Chichester | 3 | Landscape in the South of France, Crucifixion, Track Junction in the South of France |
 Bristol Museum - Art Gallery |
Bristol | 2 | Flying Bomb Depot (verso), Flying Bomb Depot (recto) |
 Nacionalna galerija Kanade |
Ottawa | 2 | Large Vine Pergola, Head |
 Leeds Art Gallery |
Leeds | 2 | Tree Form, The Marshalling Yard at Trappes, France Damage Done by RAF |
 The Phillips Collection |
Washington, D.C. | 2 | Palm and Wall, Dark Entrance |
 New Walk Museum - Art Gallery |
Leicester | 2 | Uži put između živica, The Laughing Woman (study) |
 Government Art Collection |
London | 2 | Cornfield and Stone, Origins of the Land No.1 |
Decade by decade: Graham Vivian Sutherland's most celebrated canvas
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1930s
Ranked 1 of 61Welsh Landscape with Roads
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1940s
Canvas 2 of 61Large Vine Pergola No.2
To stand before Graham Vivian Sutherland's "Large Vine Pergola No.2" is to step into a vibrant, emotionally charged landscape rendered entirely through pigment and gesture. This piece is…
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1950s
Ranked 8 of 61Edward Sackville-West, 5th Lord Sackville (1901-1965)
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1970s
Your questions on Graham Vivian Sutherland's paintings, answered
Which is the most celebrated painting by Graham Vivian Sutherland?Read the answer
Welsh Landscape with Roads (1936), followed by Large Vine Pergola No.2 (1948) and Flying Bomb Depot (verso) (1945).
How old was Graham Vivian Sutherland at the time of Welsh Landscape with Roads?Read the answer
Graham Vivian Sutherland, born in 1903, was 33 years old: Welsh Landscape with Roads dates from 1936.
Which ten paintings is Graham Vivian Sutherland most famous for?Read the answer
Welsh Landscape with Roads, Large Vine Pergola No.2, Flying Bomb Depot (verso), Press for Making Shells, Large Vine Pergola, Flying Bomb Depot The Caverns, Saint Leu d'Esserent, 14 January 1945, Somerset Maugham, Edward Sackville-West, 5th Lord Sackville (1901-1965), Helena Rubinstein in a red brocade Balenciaga gown i Tree Form. Each canvas in the ranking above comes with its year and its museum.
How many paintings by Graham Vivian Sutherland are known?Read the answer
61 works by Graham Vivian Sutherland are in our catalogue, dated 1936 to 1976.
Which museums hold Graham Vivian Sutherland's best-known canvases?Read the answer
Mostly in British Council Collection (London), Pallant House Gallery (Chichester) i Bristol Museum - Art Gallery (Bristol); the list above names each museum and its canvases.
In which years did Graham Vivian Sutherland paint the most celebrated canvases?Read the answer
In 1940s, which gave 38 of the 61 works on this page, Large Vine Pergola No.2 among them.
What are the first and the last of Graham Vivian Sutherland's famous canvases?Read the answer
The earliest canvas here is Welsh Landscape with Roads (1936); the latest is Edward Langton Iliffe, 2nd Baron Iliffe of Yattendon (1908-1996) (1976).
Which subjects return most often in Graham Vivian Sutherland's paintings?Read the answer
Landscape (8), British art (5) i Pembrokeshire (3), across the 61 works on this page.
What did Graham Vivian Sutherland usually paint with?Read the answer
Oil On Canvas, used in 4 of the 61 works on this page.
To which art movement does Graham Vivian Sutherland belong?Read the answer
Surrealism, as the canvases on this page show.
What can I see by Graham Vivian Sutherland at the British Council Collection?Read the answer
The British Council Collection, London holds 5 of the works on this page, among them Large Vine Pergola No.2, Pink Vine Pergola i Thorn Tree.
Graham Vivian Sutherland: the painter's story
Vizionarski krajolazi Grahama Viviana Sutherlanda
Graham Vivian Sutherland, titan britanskog modernizma, posjedovao je rijetku sposobnost pretvaranja poznatih kontura prirodnog svijeta u nešto duboko uznemirujuće i iznimno duhovno. Rođen u Streathamu u Londonu 1903. godine, Sutherlandovo putovanje bilo je put neprestane metamorfozacije. Iako su njegove rane godine oblikovale klasične edukacije u Epsom Collegeu, njegov pravi poziv pojavio se daleko od pravnih krugova njegove obitelji. Njegovo prvo uranjanje u tehnički svijet stažiranja u radionici lokomotiva Midland Railway pružilo je temelj preciznosti koji će se kasnije manifestirati u njegovim zamršenim grafičkim radovima i teksturiranim uljanim slikama. Kako je prelazio u Goldsmiths' School of Art, Sutherland je počeo odmičati od tradicionalnog predstavljanja, osjećajući privlačnost evokativne moći gravure i etinga.
Rana estetika umjetnika bila je duboko ukorijenjena u romantizmu Samuela Palmera, no on je odbijao ostati vezan za prošlost. Umjesto toga, Sutherland je djelovao kao most između engleske pastoralne tradicije i radikalne energije europskih avantgardnih pokreta. Upisujući u sebe snovenu logiku nadrealizma i sirovu emocionalnost ekspresionizma, razvio je vizualni jezik koji je mogao uhvatiti i fizički krajolik i psihološko stanje. Njegove rane grafike, obilježene osjećajem misterija i organskim oblikom, postavile su temelje za karijeru definiranu opsesijom "čudnošću" prirode—temom koja će postati njegovo najtrajnije naslijeđe.
Sjena prirode i ratne godine
1940-te označile su ključnu eru u Sutherlandovom razvoju, jer se njegov fokus pomjerio s delikatnog medija grafike na visceralne, impasto teksture slikanja uljanim bojama. Upravo je u tom razdoblju kršiti, vjetroviti krajolazi Pembrokeskog područja postali njegova primarna muza. U djelima poput Thorn Tree, može se svjedočiti umjetnikovoj majstorstvu u spajanju botaničke stvarnosti sa nadrealističkom distorzijom. On nije samo slikao drveće; slikao je napetost, borbu i kostur vlastite arhitekture života. Ovo razdoblje vidjelo je njegov pomak prema apstraktnijem, ali duboko simboličkom načinu gledanja, gdje su trnje, korijenje i iskrivljeno granje služili kao metafore za ljudsku ranjivost i otpornost.
Drugi svjetski rat donio je drugačiju, mračniju dimenziju njegovom radu. Služeći kao službeni ratni umjetnik, Sutherland je usmjerio svoj pogled prema industrijskim i često jezivim scenama britanskog domaćeg fronta. Njegove slike iz ovog doba, poput Flying Bomb Depot The Caverns, remek djela su atmosfere. Kroz teške teksture i paletu koja priziva i propadanje i užas, uhvatio je jezivu pustoš ratnih interijera. Ova djela nisu bila samo dokumentacija; bila su psihološki portreti ere obilježene tjeskobom i nadolazećim prisustvom uništenja, odražavajući razbijenu stvarnost svijeta u ratu.
Naslijeđe simbolizma i veličine
U poslijeratnim godinama, Sutherlandovo djelo uzdignulo se do novih visina duhovnog i javnog značaja. Počeo je integrirati religijski simbolizam sa svojim organskim motivima, stvarajući moćnu sintezu svetog i prirodnog. To je kulminiralo jednim od njegovih najmonumentalnijem postignuća: dizajnom masivne centralne tapiserije za novu katedralu u Coventryju, pod nazivom Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph. Ovo djelo, koje je koristilo njegovu sposobnost manipuliranja oblikom i bojom na velikoj razini, stoji kao svjedočanstvo njegove uloge u kulturnoj rekonstrukciji poslijeratne Britanije.
Tijekom svoje plodne karijere, Sutherlandova svestranost omogućila mu je da ostavi neizbrisiv trag u više disciplina:
- Portretistika: Njegova sposobnost da uhvati psihološku dubinu javnih osoba, poput dostojanstvenog i melankoličnog Somerset Maugham.
- Grafika: Cjeloživotna posvećenost preciznosti etinga i gravure koja je oblikovala njegov osjećaj linije i strukture.
- Dekorativne umjetnosti: Njegov doprinos dizajnu tapiserija i staklenoj umjetnosti, donoseći modernu apstrakciju u domenu funkcionalne ljepote.
Naposljetku, Graham Sutherland ostaje kamen temeljac umjetnosti 20. stoljeća jer se usudio pogledati ispod površine krajolika. Pronašao je nadrealno unutar stvarnog i božansko unutar organskog. Njegovo naslijeđe ne nalazi se samo u muzejima, već u načinu na koji doživljavamo skrivenu, često nazubljenu ljepotu svijeta oko nas—svijeta u kojem svaka trn nosi priču i svaka sjena skriva misterij.