Graham Sutherland (1903-1980)
March 23, 2009
I spent my last hour in the National Portrait Gallery. I have always loved portraits as a way to understand the power of painting, history, and personality. Nowhere else in the world is portraiture more developed and regarded than Britain. The National Portrait Gallery is a unique experience. In the accompanying wall text, the British history of science, industry, humanities, business, and war is told through thousands of portraits of British citizens. In addition, thousands of artists are credited and cataloged in telling that story.
Graham Sutherland was an important and affecting landscape painter I much appreciated at the Tate. This is his self portrait.
