Somerset Maugham Portrait By Graham Sutherland. In the 1950s, sutherland expands his reputation as a painter with portraits of famous people, including somerset maugham, churchill and adenauer. Somerset maugham, whom sutherland met in france.
Rachel cooke continues her series on the literary inspiration behind 12 memorable works of narrative art. Christie's, london, 26 may 1995, lot 35, where purchased by edgar astaire. [xii], xii, v, 255, [i];
Sutherland's Portrait Was Included In The Exhibition Painting The Century:
It was in 1948 that a chance remark resulted in his portrait of somerset maugham and its success led in turn to a series of paintings that rank sutherland as britain's most important portrait artist of the middle years of this century. Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on mutualart. Graham sutherland with his portrait of somerset maugham.
P11009 Portrait Of Somerset Maugham 1 1953 Inscribed ‘3Rd State’ And ‘12’ Lithograph (Proof), Printed At Curwen Studio, 9 1/2×6 1/8 (23.2×15.4) Presented By Mrs Kathleen Sutherland 1981 Lit:
His war duties kept him in england, where he focused on painting industrial scenes and the devastation faced by ordinary people. By 1949 sutherland had begun to feel the need to narrow the gap between his series of “standing forms” and the human figure, and this led him to paint his first portrait, that of the novelist somerset maugham (1949), shown seated like an oriental sage. Illiam somerset maugham is probably one of the most commercially successful but least critically appreciated writers of the twentieth century.
Other Celebrated Portraits By Sutherland Include Those Of Winston Churchill (Now Destroyed.
After the war sutherland traveled to europe and painted his first portrait; The bamboo stool and background colour, like. His painting of the writer somerset maugham (1949) was the first of an impressive series.
From 1952 He Has Exhibitions In Important Museums And Represents Great Britain At Major Events Such As The Biennale And The Documenta.
Having begun an apprenticeship as a railway engineer, sutherland studied at goldsmith's school of art for five years during the 1920s, concentrating on engraving and etching. Somerset maugham, from an original portrait by. Hammer, graham sutherland, london, dulwich picture gallery, 2005, p.
His Work Becomes Inspired By His Visits To The South Of France.
Indeed maugham's slightly dry and prickly persona is curiously foreshadowed in sutherland's 1948 painting of a cigale, posed against a bright red backdrop (redfern gallery, london, illustrated in m. By the time the portrait had been commissioned, churchill was an elder statesman nearing the end of his second period as prime minister. The subject was novelist w.
