Collection of forty sketchbooks and fragments of sketchbooks
1935–74
Available online is a collection for forty sketchbooks by Sutherland. These date from 1935-1974 and cover most of his career. They were started shortly after his first visit to Pembrokeshire, when he began the habit of going walking with a sketchbook to jot down the impressions and ideas he could use in his paintings.
- Collection Owner
- Graham Sutherland OM 1903–1980
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented by Mrs Kathleen Sutherland, the artist's widow, in 1981.
- Reference
- TGA 812
40 objects in this collection
- Title
- Collection of forty sketchbooks and fragments of sketchbooks
- Date
- 1935–74
- Description
- Available online is a collection for forty sketchbooks by Sutherland. These date from 1935-1974 and cover most of his career. They were started shortly after his first visit to Pembrokeshire, when he began the habit of going walking with a sketchbook to jot down the impressions and ideas he could use in his paintings.
- Reference
- TGA 812
