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The Portrait of Winston Churchill was a painting by English artist Graham Sutherland that depicted the British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, created in 1954. It was disliked by Churchill and eventually destroyed shortly after.
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Sutherland contributed to the International Surrealist Exhibition in London and was an Official War Artist. He designed the Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph for Coventry Cathedral. Sutherland's portrait of Churchill, to mark his 80th birthday caused a sensation at its unveiling in 1954, and was subsequently destroyed by the sitter's wife.
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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.
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By DAVE TURRELL | September 3, 2020 The short-lived Sutherland portrait, 1954. (Wikimedia). 30 November 1954 The scene is familiar to students of Churchill's life. It is his eightieth birthday. In London, both Houses of Parliament have assembled in Westminster Hall to celebrate the occasion.
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The portrait of Sir Winston Churchill by Graham Sutherland As 80th birthday presents go, it was one of the more awkward in political history: a portrait described as making its subject look.
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A portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, painted by Graham Sutherland in preparation for a later work destroyed by the wartime prime minister's wife, is to go on public display for the first time.
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The portrait that would define Sutherland's artistic career belonged to neither of these men, however; it belonged to Winston Churchill. After his well-received portrait of Maugham, he was chosen to depict Churchill, a portrait that was intended to hang in Parliament after the prime minister's death, a portrait that would preserve a legacy.
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However, when the British artist Graham Sutherland (1903-80) was commissioned to paint a full-length portrait of Churchill in 1954 for 1,000 guineas (about £27,000 today), paid by the House of.
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In 1954 the English artist Graham Sutherland was commissioned to paint a full-length portrait of Sir Winston Churchill. The 1,000 guinea fee for the painting was funded by donations from members of the House of Commons and House of Lords.
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Last year, one of the country's leading historians, Simon Schama, gave Sutherland's portrait the dominant place in an acclaimed television series, accompanied by a book, The Face of Britain: The Nation through Its Portraits.
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Graham Sutherland's portrait of Winston Churchill is probably one of the most famous 'lost' works of art in British history, so it's little wonder it made an appearance in Netflix royal drama.
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London | September 2024 This is an old story, remarked as early as Finest Hour's fourth issue back in 1969. The occasion was a signal one, and Churchill's words were apposite. "The portrait," he told the assembled Members of the Houses of Commons and Lords, "is a remarkable example of modern art. It certainly combines force with candour."
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Sat 3 Nov 2001 15.07 EST · View the work online Artist: Graham Sutherland (1903-1980), one of the neo-romantic painters who dominated British art during the second world war and its aftermath.
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Graham Sutherland OM (1903-1980) was an English artist, best known as the painter of the portrait of Sir Winston Churchill aged 80, subsequently destroyed by the sitter's wife, Clementine. 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. He first exhibited drawings.
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Graham Sutherland, Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, 1954, oil on canvas, 147.3 x 121.9 cm (destroyed) Yet while the facial expression remained unresolved, the body and its position were fixed fairly early on. Sutherland was intent on painting the leader seated and he used a rather square-shaped canvas because it helped support that composition.