Sutcliffe is one of the group of people sometimes referred to as "The Fifth Beatle". About eight months after meeting fellow artist, Kirchherr, Sutcliffe decided to leave The Beatles in July 1961 and return to studying painting, although he was turned down when he requested to study for the ATD (Art Teachers Diploma) course at the Liverpool Art College. Charles did not hear of his son's death for three weeks, as he was sailing to South America; the family arranged for a padre to tell him when he docked in Buenos Aires. Millie Sutcliffe flew from Hamburg to Liverpool with her son's body.
Pete Best commented that the beginning of their relationship was, "like one of those fairy stories". He wrote: "My report is that Sutcliffe is very gifted and very intelligent. He wore her leather pants and jackets, collarless jackets, over-sized shirts and long scarves. His mother, Millie, was a schoolteacher. Sutcliffe's high spot was singing "Love Me Tender", which drew more applause than the other Beatles, and increased the friction between him and McCartney. His later works are typically untitled, constructed from heavily impastoed slabs of pigment in the manner of de Staël (whom he learned about from Surrey born, Art College instructor, Nicky Horsfield) and overlaid with scratched or squeezed linear elements creating enclosed spaces.
Sutcliffe displayed artistic talent at an early age.
After the exhibition, Moores bought Sutcliffe's canvas for £65, which was then equal to 6–7 weeks' wages for an average working man. (In fact Sutcliffe called himself Stu de Staël as an artist name when he was playing with the Beatles in a Scottish tour in spring 1960. The three of them were all studying at the school, and Sutcliffe was noted as a brilliant painter. During his first year at the Sutcliffe lived at 9 Percy Street with fellow art student and best friend Rod Murray before being evicted and moving to Hillary Mansions at 3 Gambier Terrace with another art student, Margaret Chapman, who competed with Sutcliffe to be the best painter in classes. German doctors performed tests, but were unable to determine the exact cause of his headaches. Sutcliffe and his flatmates painted the rooms yellow and black, which his landlady did not appreciate. Kirchherr's mother had German doctors perform various checks on him, but they were unable to determine exactly what was causing the headaches. [He's] just crying his eyes out... John is marvellous to me, he says that he knows Stuart so much and he loves him so much that he can understand me." Only John Lennon used his real name.) Sutcliffe had two sisters, Pauline and Joyce. Kirchherr and Sutcliffe got engaged in November 1960, and exchanged rings, as is the German custom. Lennon also started to criticise Sutcliffe, and made jokes about Sutcliffe's size and playing. According to former manager Allan Williams, Lennon and Best went to Sutcliffe's aid, fighting off his attackers before dragging him to safety. Sutcliffe's stature grew after he began wearing dark Ray-Ban style clip-on flip-up sunglasses (like baseball players at the time used) and tight skinny trousers. Stuart Sutcliffe (23 June, 1940 – 10 April, 1962) was a former member and bass player of The Quarrymen. Sutcliffe's playing style was elementary, mostly sticking to root notes of chords. Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best with The Beatles But tragedy was around the corner. Sutcliffe had asked McCartney (who is left-handed) not to change the strings around, so McCartney had to play it upside down. The picture Moore bought was called 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. Born in Edinburgh but raised in 37 Aigburth Drive, Liverpool, he attended the same art college as John Lennon. Best commented that the beginning of their relationship was "like one of those fairy stories".Sutcliffe displayed artistic talent at an early age.Sutcliffe had been turned down when he applied to study for an ATD (Art Teachers Diploma) course at the Liverpool Art College,Sutcliffe's few surviving works reveal influence from the British and European While in Germany, Sutcliffe began experiencing severe Oh, Mum, he (Lennon) is in a terrible mood now, he just can't believe that darling Stuart never comes back. He later enrolled at the Hamburg College of Art under the tutelage of the pop artist Eduardo Paolozzi. Sutcliffe played with the Beatles in Hamburg, where he met photographer Astrid Kirchherr, to whom he was later engaged. While living at the Kirchherrs' house his condition got worse.
See more ideas about Stuart sutcliffe, The beatles, Stuart. Sutcliffe was born at the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland.