In 1903, the English painter Graham Sutherland was born.
After studying at the Goldsmiths School of Art, he concentrated on etching and produced landscapes and illustrations of a hallucinatory character. His works of art reach back to its primal nature. It inspires in a mixture of fear and joy.
Sutherland is without a doubt the leader of the contemporary English school of painting.
In 1944, he was asked to decorate a church in Northampton, he created a Christ on the Cross. Following this he devoted considerable time to portraits but he refused to allow himself to be carried away by the tradition of superficial brilliance which has characterized the evolution of portrait painting in English art.
In 1951, he was commissioned to paint a large panel for the Festival of Britain on the theme 'The Origins of the Earth'.
Sutherland represented England in 1952 at the Biennale in Venice. There he was awarded the acquisition prize of the Museum of Modern Art. His work is displayed in the Museums of Modern Art of New York and of Paris. There are also pieces in the Tate Gallery.
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