Winston Churchill Watercolor on Board Landscape – Nov 21, 2019
Watercolor on board. Featuring a landscape scene with a lone fisherman. Signed WSC on the lower right corner. Inscribed Sir Winston Churchill on label, verso. Stamped Galerie Mathias Fels PARIS. 24 x 34.5 cm (9.4 x 13.6 inches). PROVENANCE: This lot carries limited provenance from a Private English collection
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Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was British statesman that served as the British Prime Minister during World War II. As an amateur painter, Churchill produced many light-filled depictions of landscapes all over the world. His painting technique can be attributed to his admiration of Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, and Paul Cézanne. “Painting a picture is like fighting a battle; and trying to paint a picture is, I suppose, like trying to fight a battle,” he once said. “It is, if anything, more exciting than fighting it successfully. But the principle is the same.”
Born on November 30, 1874 in Woodstock, United Kingdom, he joined the British Army as a young man and saw action while acting as war correspondent in British India, the Anglo-Sudan War, and the Second Boer War. After returning to England, he spent the years leading to World War I in the British government before once again joining the military. Though he spent much of the 1930s out of political office, alarmed by threat of Nazi Germany Churchill was avid to replace the sitting Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. He went on to oversee the Allied victory over Adolf Hitler’s regime, and continued as the acting Prime Minister after the end of the conflict.
He notably had his portrait painted by the British artist Graham Sutherland in 1954 to commemorate his 80th birthday. Churchill famously hated Sutherland’s portrait and his wife destroyed it after his death on January 24, 1965 in London, United Kingdom.
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Richmond Hill, ON – 407 fresh to market items will be available to the discerning buyers and collectors in 888 Auctions’ November 21st auction featuring the finest in MODERN ART, SIGNED MEMORABILIA & ANTIQUES 2019-11-21. Taking place in the afternoon at 2 PM (EST), bidders will be competing against one another over a variety of items on display.
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