Sutherland Portrait Winston Churchill. Lot 374 Sutherland (Graham, 19031980, after). It was an informal work, produced during preparatory sketches for the war time leader's official 80th birthday portrait - famously loathed by its subject and covertly destroyed by his secretary in 1956 This portrait One of a number of studies for a portrait commissioned by past and present members of the House of Commons and House of Lords to mark Churchill's eightieth birthday
Portrait de Winston Churchill, 1954 Graham Sutherland from www.wikiart.org
The 1,000 guineas fee (approximate value of $35,000 in 2015) for the painting was funded by donations from members of the House of Commons and House of Lords, and was presented to Churchill by both Houses of Parliament at a public ceremony in Westminster Hall on his 80th birthday on 30. Q Recently on BBC Radio 4, antiquarian book dealer Rick Gekoski spoke of the Sutherland portrait of Churchill, commissioned by Parliament as a tribute on his 80th birthday in 1954, saying it was destroyed by his wife because she hated it so much
Portrait de Winston Churchill, 1954 Graham Sutherland
The Garter-robed Sutherland study on the jacket of "Churchill: The End of Glory," 1993 (Amazon UK) Churchill enjoyed Sutherland's company, suggesting they paint each other and take a sketching trip together in the south of France It portrayed the PM hunched with age and dark in mood. He suggested posing in his Garter robes, but the Gift Committee instructions precluded that
Reckoning with the Graham Sutherland Portrait. The artwork, titled "Winston Churchill," was created by artist Graham Sutherland in 1954 He suggested posing in his Garter robes, but the Gift Committee instructions precluded that
Churchill by Graham Sutherland Winston Churchill, Create Picture, David Hockney, English Artists. Q Recently on BBC Radio 4, antiquarian book dealer Rick Gekoski spoke of the Sutherland portrait of Churchill, commissioned by Parliament as a tribute on his 80th birthday in 1954, saying it was destroyed by his wife because she hated it so much At the birthday celebrations at Westminster Hall in November 1954, Churchill was presented with a portrait by Graham Sutherland, commissioned by past and present members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords