Thorn Tree

© estate of Graham Sutherland. Image credit: British Council Collection

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A Neo-Romantic inspired by the pastoral subjects of Samuel Palmer, Graham Sutherland's haunting paintings express a revulsion at the machine age and the oppressive forces of industrialisation, by tackling the rugged, difficult beauty of the countryside. For much of the 1930s he would attempt to convey the intellectual and emotional essence of the Pembrokeshire landscape by means of dramatic shifts in light, unnaturalistic colouring and animal skulls. It is a bleak, primordial world in which man and nature are at odds with one another. For a full painting description on the British Council’s website please click on the link below under ‘More on this painting’

British Council Collection

London

Title

Thorn Tree

Date

1945–1946

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 127 x W 101.5 cm

Accession number

P74

Acquisition method

purchased from Alex Reid & Lefevre, 1958

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

trc: Sutherland

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British Council Collection

British Council, 1 Redman Place, London, Greater London E20 1JQ England

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