THORNS

© The Artist's Estate

THORNS 1945

Graham Sutherland (1903 – 1980)

Details

Dimension
41 X 31.5 CM
Media
WATERCOLOUR, CHALK AND INK ON PAPER
Accession number
P2722

Summary

In an article, 'Thoughts on Painting' published in The Listener'(Sepetmebr 1951), Sutherland described the origins of thorns in his work as coming about as a result of the commission to paint a crucifixion for St Matthew’s Church in Northampton; ‘I went into the country. For the first time I started to notice thorn bushes, and the structure of thorns as they pierced the air … As the thorns rearranged themselves they became, whilst still retaining their own pricking, space-encompassing life, something else ...

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