| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| Sutherland, Graham |
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| 1903–80, English painter. Sutherland began his career as a painter at 35 and gained international acclaim with his paintings of war devastation. Among his major religious works are a tapestry for Coventry Cathedral and a series of paintings entitled Thorns. Realistically painted in sharp, cruel forms, they are symbolic of the Passion. | 1 | | See studies by E. Sackville-West (1955) and D. Cooper (1962). | 2 |
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