Winston Churchill
The Painter
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 21 May 2026
- ISBN 9781781301371
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages192 pages
- Size 278x240x18 mm
- Weight 1040 g
- Language 700
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Short description:
A detailed study of Sir Winston Churchill's paintings, presenting a fascinating backdrop to the complex and poignant times he lived in.
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A detailed study of Sir Winston Churchill's paintings, presenting a fascinating backdrop to the complex and poignant times he lived in.
Universally renowned as an inspirational statesman, writer and orator who led Britain to victory in World War II, Winston Churchill (1874-1965) is less often remembered as an enthusiastic amateur painter. Despite starting late at the age of forty, painting became a passion that would endure for the rest of his life.
Published to coincide with the Wallace Collection's exhibition of the same name, Winston Churchill: The Painter explores Churchill's activity as an artist from his first attempts during World War I through to the 1960s, shortly before his death. A careful selection of over fifty paintings from museums, institutions and private collections presents a fascinating backdrop to his times, politics, diplomacy and interests.
With essays by Allen Packwood, Katherine Carter, Barry Phipps, Paul Rafferty, Andrew Roberts and Alison Smith, the book also includes a small group of works by Churchill's artistic mentors and friends, such as Sir John Lavery (1856-1941) and Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949), which help explore his artistic development.
Churchill's paintings are ultimately representations of places he loved to visit and depict, but they are just as much autobiographical and provide an insight not often appreciated by the public into his private life. Winston Churchill: The Painter invites readers to reconsider Churchill through the lens of his art.
Table of Contents:
Foreword (Xavier Bray)
Churchill the Painter: In His Own Words (Allen Packwood)
From Studio to Sunlight: Churchill and the Artists Who Broadened His Vision (Barry Phipps)
'A day away from Chartwell is a day wasted': Painting Chartwell (Katherine Carter)
Joyride in a Paintbox: Churchill and His Artistic Practice (Paul Rafferty)
Churchill's Donation of His Paintings: An Exercise in 'Soft Power' (Andrew Roberts)
The Churchills, Stalin and the Wallace Collection (Alison Smith)
CATALOGUE OF WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION (Lucy Davis)
1. First Attempts at Painting
2. Churchill Paints Chartwell and England
3. Still Lifes
4. Light, Atmosphere, Reflections
5. Churchill Paints Morocco
6. The Post-War Years: Honorary Academician Extraordinary
Ephemera
Bibliography
Picture Credits
Notes
Index
