Graham Sutherland

Graham Sutherland 

Graham Sutherland, the British artist and printmaker was born on the 24^th august 1903 and died on the 17^th of February 1980. When looking at Sutherland’s work his etchings are very different to his paintings, much less abstract. He uses a Neo-Romantic style often using Pleasant themes, such as the country side and usually giving them an edge. This etching called St. Mary's Hatch (4 7/8" x 7 ¼) which was created in 1928 shows a country, village scene; the background has a church and a thatched cottage on the left and a dog running with working people. I overall think it is impressive what Sutherland has done with etching, getting good texture in such fine detail. Black and white is used in these prints which. The subject matter of the print is pretty, but I don’t find it that  very interesting; his print seems staged and I find it very different to the paintings he had created.