The Wanderer I

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Artist/Maker	Sutherland, Graham Vivian (painter (artist))
Place of origin	Britain (made)

This sketch related to Sutherland's first and only work for the theatre. He was commissioned to design two backcloths and the costumes for Frederick Ashton's ballet 'The Wanderer'. The strong, rather acid colour is typical of his work of this period, as is his method using a semi transparent wash so that one colour showed through another. He used a low sun casting long shadows to increase the dramatic character of the landscape. British School

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Categories	Paintings Designs
Object type	Watercolour
Title	The Wanderer I (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour and crayon Crayon Watercolour Painting
Brief description	Watercolour by Graham Sutherland entitled 'The Wanderer I'. Great Britain, 1940.
Physical description	This sketch related to Sutherland's first and only work for the theatre. He was commissioned to design two backcloths and the costumes for Frederick Ashton's ballet 'The Wanderer'. The strong, rather acid colour is typical of his work of this period, as is his method using a semi transparent wash so that one colour showed through another. He used a low sun casting long shadows to increase the dramatic character of the landscape. British School
Dimensions	Height: 21.7cm Width: 35.9cm Frame height: 47 cm Frame width: 61 cm Frame depth: 4.5 cm
Style	British School
Subjects depicted	Theatre, Set Design Theatre, Ballet Landscape
Bibliographic references	100 Great Paintings in The Victoria & Albert Museum. London: V&A, 1985, p.202 Evans, Mark et al. Vikutoria & Arubāto Bijutsukan-zō : eikoku romanshugi kaigaten = The Romantic tradition in British painting, 1800-1950 : masterpieces from the Victoria and Albert Museum. Japan : Brain Trust, 2002 George Shaw Graham Sutherland. An Unfinished World Oxford: Modern Art Oxford, 2011. ISBN: 9781901352535.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	P.20-1975

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Record created	December 15, 1999
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O17286/the-wanderer-i-watercolour-sutherland-graham-vivian/

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