The artists

Graham Sutherland

Born: London 1903
Died: Menton, France 1980

Studied: Goldsmith’s College, London 1921–6.

Selected commissions: Crucifixion, St Matthew’s Church, Northampton 1944; Christ in Majesty (tapestry), Coventry Cathedral 1952; Noli Me Tangere, Chichester Cathedral 1960; Crucifixion, St Aidan’s Church, East Acton, London 1960.

Selected collections: Tate Gallery, London; National Portrait Gallery, London; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh; National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery, Methodist Collection of Modern Art.