Robert Garioch Sutherland, 1909 - 1981. Poet (In his Study)
About this artwork
This work is part of a series of portraits of Scottish poets commissioned by the Scottish Arts Council in the late 1970s. Robert Garioch Sutherland was part of an outstanding generation of Scottish poets to emerge in the mid-twentieth century. His poetry was almost exclusively written in Scots and he became renowned for his satirical wit. Alongside his teaching post, he was also literary advisor to the cultural review ‘Scottish International’ from 1968-74. This portrait shows Sutherland in his study.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Alexander Moffat (born 1943) Scottish
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title:Robert Garioch Sutherland, 1909 - 1981. Poet (In his Study)
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date created:1978
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:181.00 x 109.50 cm; Framed: 196.00 x 124.50 x 5.40 cm / 17.00 kg
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credit line:Presented by the Scottish Arts Council 1997
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accession number:PG 3076
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Alexander Moffat
Alexander Moffat
Born in Dunfermline, Moffat studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1960 to 64. Alongside his friend John Bellany, Moffat emerged as one of the Scottish Realists, so-called because of their social awareness and rejection of the decorative principles that defined much Scottish art during the first...