Graham Sutherland - ACE003.3

Self-portrait. Paintings of the Blitz, etc, made while Sutherland was an official War Artist. Sutherland at home. Several of his paintings showing images of thorns, a symbol of Christ’s crucifixion. Photographs of Sutherland’s painting of The Crucifixion itself (1946), one with Sutherland standing beside it. One of the photographs of Belsen survivors which influenced this work. Interior church of St Matthew in Northampton where the painting hangs. Canon Walter Hussey in front of the painting, talking about the tradition of Christian art, and about the feelings induced by Sutherland’s work. Sea breaking on rocks in the south of France. Statue of Virgin and Child, palm trees; landscapes; sunlit buildings, restaurant tables outdoors. The Sutherlands walking across a square. People walking along the waterfront at Monte Carlo; contrast with ancient landscape. The Sutherlands lunching outside their cottage at Cap Ferrat. View of nearby hill town. Sutherland walking through countryside; trees, bushes, a grasshopper. Objects on a table. Shadows. Sutherland in his studio. A table holding many objects picked up during previous excursions. Sutherland beginning a sketch of a subject resembling a grasshopper.