Hector Mcdonald Sutton Abstract Head

A Modernist abstract sculpture of a head by Hector Mcdonald Sutton, circa 1950. Although mounted on a framed board, the human head is a three dimensional object. 

The organic shape and smooth yet weathered surface of the sculpture is reminiscent of an aged lump of driftwood. However, the form is also unmistakably Modernist. Through its material and abstraction the sculpture appears at once ancient and modern. 

In addition to sculpting, Mcdonald Sutton was a painter, draughtsman, mural artist, print-maker and teacher. Born in Staffordshire, England, he studied art at the Southport and Liverpool Schools of Art before the Royal College of Art, London. 

His teachers included Thomas Monnington, Randolph Schwabe and Alfred Kingsley Lawrence, the later he helped complete the Bank of England murals, 1928-37.

Mcdonald Sutton exhibited at various galleries including the Royal Academy and the V & A Museum. He held a number of teaching posts, becoming the first principal of Mansfield College of Art and was adviser to Nottinghamshire Education Committee.