The Garden
Print
1931 (printed)
1931 (printed)
| Artist/Maker |
As a student Graham Sutherland (1903-1980) took a special interest in etching, which he studied under Frederick Griggs, who was well known for his topographical illustrations in that medium. For much of his early professional life Sutherland depended on etching for a living, selling to the American as well as the British market. His prints were Neo-Romantic images of the British landscape, inspired by William Blake and Samuel Palmer. With the Wall Street Crash of 1929, however, this business came to an end, and Sutherland was forced to turn to commercial design and teaching. He continued to make prints, but the imagery shifted away from an innocent romanticism to something more edgy. In The Garden we are reminded of the moody, shadowed streetscapes of Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1976) and the eerie landscapes of Paul Nash (1889-1946).
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Garden (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching on paper |
| Brief description | 'The Garden' by Graham Vivian Sutherland. Etching. British, 1931. Only state. |
| Physical description | etching showing a tall rosebush, ferns at foot, in circular bed standing before a dark wall, opening onto a lit space on the left. Beyond and behind the wall a barn-like building, to the right of the rose tree, a bush; to the left, the edge of another building. |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Copy number | 3/6 |
| Marks and inscriptions |
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| Production | The Garden shows Sutherland's own garden at the White House, Farningham, Kent. |
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| Summary | As a student Graham Sutherland (1903-1980) took a special interest in etching, which he studied under Frederick Griggs, who was well known for his topographical illustrations in that medium. For much of his early professional life Sutherland depended on etching for a living, selling to the American as well as the British market. His prints were Neo-Romantic images of the British landscape, inspired by William Blake and Samuel Palmer. With the Wall Street Crash of 1929, however, this business came to an end, and Sutherland was forced to turn to commercial design and teaching. He continued to make prints, but the imagery shifted away from an innocent romanticism to something more edgy. In The Garden we are reminded of the moody, shadowed streetscapes of Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1976) and the eerie landscapes of Paul Nash (1889-1946). |
| Bibliographic reference | Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1963 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.273-1963 |
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| Record created | December 12, 2002 |
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