Strange fiction Jun 14, 2008
The Whitechapel exhibition marked the changing of the avant-garde, the moment at which Hamilton and other pop artists overthrew Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Graham Sutherland. Ballard refers to the latter group, a touch severely perhaps, as "artists in favour with the Arts Council and the British Council" - one of several swipes he takes in the direction of subsidising art by "the taxes of people on modest incomes". (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Art.view: Egg and lemon Jun 1, 2008
CHRISTIE'S British art week brings together some of the most famous artists of the mid-20th century: L.S. Lowry, John Piper, Graham Sutherland and two formidable dames, Barbara Hepworth and Elizabeth Frink. But the name that is likely to cause the most excitement among collectors is William Scott. (The Economist)
London Transport design Nov 19, 2007
Posters were painted by eminent artists, like Man Ray and Graham Sutherland, and gifted designers, such as Lszl. Moholy-Nagy and Hans Schleger. (International Herald Tribune)
For sale: portraits that Bacon wanted to dump in a skip Mar 22, 2007
Previously unseen portraits by Francis Bacon have come to light among a collection of his possessions that an electrician saved from being thrown away in a rubbish skip 30 years ago. Mac Robertson, now 75, says he had been drinking with Bacon in a pub when they discovered that workmen had trampled over the debris littering the floor of the artist s notoriously chaotic studio. (Times Online)
Beaverbrook works gifts, not loans: Expert Nov 8, 2006
this article to your Del. 06:25 AMVICTORIA AHEARNCANADIAN PRESSA 57-year-old catalogue from a prestigious New Brunswick art gallery indicates works assembled by the late Lord Beaverbrook were gifts, not loans, an art expert testified Tuesday. (Toronto Star -- Arts)
Chronicles of war, from an antiwar artist Nov 1, 2006
Spencer served again in World War II, along with Graham Sutherland, Henry Moore and John Piper on the home front and such graphic artists as Edward Bawden and Edward Ardizzone overseas. They were not free to depict what they wished (Spencer applied to do a crucifixion inspired by the occupation of Poland but was sent to paint the shipyards of Glasgow instead). (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Pitmen Painters get royal seal of approval Oct 27, 2006
Seventy years on, Ashington's proudly unprofessional artists gain respectability. Martin WainwrightFriday October 27, 2006. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Margaret Wolpe — artist Aug 19, 2006
After the war she resumed her studies at the Central School and then the Chelsea School of Art, where she was taught sculpture by Henry Moore and printmaking by Graham Sutherland. During the 1950s and early 1960s she taught at the Hampshire School in Knightsbridge. (TimesOnline)
