Beatles Stuart Sutcliffe Art
Stuart a close friend and fellow art school student with john lennon stuart sutcliffe was invited to join the beatles as bass player for a series of gigs in hamburg in 1960.
Beatles stuart sutcliffe art. 61 and is the original 5th beatle. Stuarts passion for his art led him to leave the band and concentrate on his painting staying on in hamburg with fiancee astrid kirchherr. Sutcliffe was turned down when he applied to study for an atd art teachers diploma course at the liverpool art college but after meeting kirchherr he decided to leave the beatles and attend the hamburg college of art in june 1961 under the tutelage of paolozzi who later wrote a report stating that sutcliffe was one of his best students. Stuart moved on to art painting and paul took over bass guitar.
Astrid kirchherr 20 may 1938 12 may 2020 was a german photographer and artist known for her association with the beatles along with her friends klaus voormann and juergen vollmer and her photographs of the bands original members john lennon paul mccartney george harrison stuart sutcliffe and pete best during their early days in hamburg. Stuart fergusson victor sutcliffe was a scottish painter and musician better known as the original bass guitarist of the english rock band the beatles. From r l george paul john and stu sutecliffe 1940 62 pictured at far left who was the beatles bass guitarist 1960 dec. Sutcliffe and john lennon are credited with inventing the name beetles as they both liked buddy hollys band the crickets.
Stuart is credited with naming and styling the beatles. In july 1960 the people newspaper ran an article entitled the beatnik horror. A friend of john lennon from art school he became the bass player for the new band then known as the silver beatles. Paul is right handed but plays guitar left handed.
He eventually quit the band in 1961 to continue his career as a visual artist. He happened to meet john lennon at the liverpool college of art when he was introduced by a mutual friend. George harrison called him their art director. The official stuart sutcliffe estate manages the stuart sutcliffe art and artefact collections of stuart sutcliffe the scottish painter and musician who is known as the fifth beatle but he was really the fourth.
Stu sutcliffe was one of the original members of the beatles and a talented abstract expressionist artist. Stuart sutcliffe was born in edinburgh scotland in 1940 but his family moved to england shortly after. The three of them were all studying at the school and sutcliffe was noted as a brilliant painter. Stuart sutcliffe helps form the beatles.
Sutcliffe lived at 9 percy street in liverpool before moving to 3 gambier terrace with fellow art student margaret chapman.