LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Sir John Hayes on Graham Sutherland

Genre

Interview

TX Date

12 Jan 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:03:09

Description

Interview Sir John Hayes, director of the National Gallery, on the portrait painter Graham Sutherland. They talk about his work and compare it to some of the great portraitists and the effect the painting can have. The interview coincides with the deliberate destruction of Sutherland’s controversial portrait of Sir Winston Churchill. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Painters; Portraits; Paintings; Portrait painting; Graham Sutherland; Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

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