Churchill, His Complete Speeches, 1897-1963, 8 vols. In Defense of Graham Sutherland and his “Infamous” Churchill Portrait. by Graham Sutherland oil on canvas, 1954 13 5/8 in. (A copy was later made and given to the Carlton Club, but it is not on display.) He defied danger and death all his life-stood up to moral battles which would have crushed a lesser man. (260 mm x 362 mm) Given by the artist's widow, Mrs Graham Sutherland, 1980 That is not to say that there was no demand for it. In 1954 the English artist Graham Sutherland was commissioned to paint a full-length portrait of Sir Winston Churchill.The 1,000 guinea fee for the painting was funded by donations from members of the House of Commons and House of Lords. In desperation the artist asked photographer Elsbeth Juda to accompany him. The Sutherland Portrait A present for Churchill's 80th birthday. In the event, Sutherland did produce a relatively complete study for such a portrait, having another sitter model the Garter robes. Sir Winston saw his political and personal powers fading. After initially refusing to be presented with it at all, he accepted it disparagingly as “a remarkable example of modern art". Thank you for bringing the real story behind this portrait. Wielding immense power, he led it to ultimate and complete victory. In June 1954 the cumbersomely named “Churchill Joint Houses of Parliament Gift Committee” decided on the presentation of a portrait and who should receive the commission. Clementine “liked the portrait very much,” he said “she was very moved and full of praise for it.”4 She left with a black and white photograph to show her husband. Graham Sutherland's Winston Churchill (1954) by Jonathan Jones Guardian, Saturday November 3, 200. 9 Martin Gilbert & Larry Arnn, eds., The Churchill Documents, vol. Graham Sutherland was a British painter best known for his Surrealist abstractions of landscapes and figures. by Graham Sutherland sketchbook, 14 pages, 1954 10 1/4 in. As 80th birthday presents go, it was one of the more awkward in political history: a … Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalen (Noli Me Tangere) Graham Sutherland 1961. Of his own portrait, Churchill wrote to Lord Moran ,“I think it is malignant.” Times change. What he feels, or shows at the time, I try to record.” was a bad time to have Churchill as a sitter. 62_ years 61d, said in an interview that Baroness Spencer‐. Sutherland captured him at a time he hated, when he knew almost all was behind him. Clementine was profoundly aware of all this. Britain was now a junior player, and a former ally was a looming threat. Winston Churchill was no Adonis but most of his portraitists did what they could to flatter him. In examining these, it is rather easy to understand how Churchill may have been lulled by Sutherland’s advance sketches.
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