The Wanderer I
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “The Wanderer I” now? Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Not on view at present. Checked September 25, 2026.
London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- P.20-1975
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
In the life of Sutherland, Graham
The whole lifeSeptember 1938
First solo exhibition of paintings
His first one-man exhibition of paintings opens at the Rosenberg and Helft Gallery in London, dominated by oil paintings of surreal, organic landscapes of the Pembrokeshire coast. These are the works that secured his reputation as a leading British modern artist.
1939
Moves to rural Gloucestershire
At the start of the Second World War the Chelsea School of Art closes for the duration of the conflict, and Sutherland moves to rural Gloucestershire.
August 1940
Becomes an official war artist
Like Paul Nash, Stanley Spencer and Henry Moore, he is enlisted as a “war artist” for the duration of the war; from 1940 to 1945 he works full-time on salary for the War Artists’ Advisory Committee. Working in London, in remote English counties and in France, he produces many watercolours and pen and pencil drawings, and some 150 paintings for the committee.
