Stuart Sutcliffe was born in mid-June (06/23/40) in the town of Edinburgh, which is located in Scotland. His life was short (he died at the age of 21), but productive and eventful. Despite the fact that he died at a young age, Stuart managed to leave his mark in this world and left at the height of creativity.
Childhood and adolescence
The Stuart family was small but very united. The father, who was an officer in the navy, often went away from home and therefore, as a child, his son saw him very rarely. But his life was brightened up by two sisters and his mother, a teacher at the school named Millie.
Stuart Sutcliffe went to the Prescott school in Liverpool, and when he graduated, he entered art college in the same city. By the way, it was in this educational institution that he met John Lennon, and this meeting became crucial for him.
Even in his school years, Stuart began to learn the art of painting and it should be noted that he was given this very well. It is worth noting that a good artist came out of him, but a new friend persuaded him to try himself in the music field as a bass player. So he joined the legendary band The Beatles, which was originally called Quarrymen.
The beatles
To say that the guitarist came out of him is brilliant - that means to tell not quite the truth. Because the technique of the game was not first-class, and the passion for painting prevented becoming a good musician. Tried to catch everywhere Stuart Sutcliffe. The Beatles inspired him, but he could not live without a brush in his hands.
The composition of the group initially consisted of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Sutcliffe, and a little later, they were joined by the wonderful drummer and professional of their business Best, and already in their entirety the Beatles changed their place of residence and moved to Hamburg, where they gave their work to people before the end of 1960.
Love
Already a member of the group, the British artist met a lovely girl named Astrid Kircherr, who was seriously interested in photography and was simultaneously educated at Hamburg College. This meeting influenced Sutcliffe’s decision to transfer from Liverpool College to a Hamburg school of the same profile.
He did not hesitate for a long time and already in the fall (November) at the age of 20 he made a proposal to his beloved, and in the same month their engagement took place. This remarkable event happened when Stuart Sutcliffe first visited Hamburg as a rock musician. In the second visit (in 1961), he finally remains in this town, where he continues to do his favorite thing - painting.
During this same period, he also decides to leave the group and leaves the musical group. The Beatles starts touring without him.
Painting
Student Helen Anderson, who studied with Stuart, recalled the work of the young artist in the early period as aggressive, filled with dark and dark shades.
But not all works were imbued with Gothic. Among the paintings were unique early works, and a worthy place among them was occupied by the painting “Summer Painting”, which was partially acquired by Mures. Interestingly, this work was not written on ordinary canvas. It was depicted on a blackboard, and in order to move it to a new place, it was necessary to saw it in two equal parts. It is also reliably known that only part of the work (half of the picture) got to the exhibition, and the second one was acquired by Mures.
In the summer of 1961, becoming a student at the prestigious Hamburg College, he came to teacher Paolizzi. The teacher wrote flattering reviews about his talented student and even called him one of the most promising and gifted. The famous and highly paid artist could be Stuart Sutcliffe. The paintings of this young man were dynamic and mysterious.
Later works, as a rule, without names, were built in the spirit of Stael. The paintings were made using linear objects, and therefore it seemed that all the objects depicted on them had a closed enclosed space.
He often depicted people, in his collection there is even a portrait of his own mother. These paintings are more like sketches, but they look great. It is in such works that a true artist exposes the soul, these are imperfect lines, but they accurately convey the facial features of a loved one.
First exhibition and auction
Many connoisseurs of young talent found similarities in paintings made by Sutcliffe's pen with the works of European masters of the United States of America, who were considered expressionists. But only one work was awarded a show at the exhibition in the fall of 1959 in Liverpool as part of a show of creativity by Mures.
Already after the end of the show, the picture was bought for a very modest price, which was the size of the wage of a simple worker for 2 months.
The death of a gifted artist and rock musician
The lifestyle that the artist and musician led led him to a brain hemorrhage, from which he died on April 10, 1962.
They failed to establish an exact diagnosis and the causes of death, but, according to some versions, it was suggested that head injuries were caused in a fight with hooligans, which led to his death. And this happened after the performance of The Beatles during a tour of England. Few testimonies speak of an attack on the Beatles by a drunken company of inveterate bullies who remained unhappy with the concert. Paul McCartney suffered in this fight, but escaped with minor bruises, but Stuart was less fortunate, and he died from his brain injuries in his prime.
This is how Stuart Sutcliffe died tragically. The cause of death has changed many times, but the fact was that the world would no longer see new paintings by this strange artist.
