The Great Globe, Swanage

Shell poster number 352, The Great Globe, Swanage by Graham Sutherland. Painting showing the stone sphere at Swanage with brightly coloured trees in the background.

Key facts

  • Catalogue Number

    352

  • Title

    The Great Globe, Swanage

  • Date

    1932

  • Artist

    Graham Sutherland

Graham Sutherland (1903–1980) studied at Goldsmiths School of Art and then worked as a printmaker. He produced his first professional commission for Shell. Landscapes and natural forms provided the inspiration for much of his painting, firstly the bleak emptiness of West Wales and later the South of France. He was an official war artist painting scenes of bomb devastated buildings. One of his most famous works is the magnificent Christ in Glory tapestry in Coventry Cathedral. He was awarded the Order of Merit in 1960.

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