“Some of these works have seldom, if ever, been seen outside of the United Kingdom. “This exhibition collects most of the very best of Churchill’s painting,” said Timothy Riley, painting curator for the National Churchill Museum and co-author, with Churchill’s granddaughter Edwina Sandys, of “Winston Churchill: A Passion for Painting,” forthcoming from The National Churchill Museum and Donning Company Publishers. Major lenders include Chartwell, Churchill’s historic family estate in Kent and part of The United Kingdom National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, as well as The Royal Academy of Arts, London, and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Canada. Also included are Churchill’s traveling easel, one sculpture by Churchill and a portrait of Churchill by Sir John Lavery. Louis will feature “Beach at Walmer” and 46 other works in the exhibit “The Paintings of Sir Winston Churchill.” Presented in association with “Churchill 2015,” a worldwide commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Churchill’s death, the exhibition is among the most significant displays of Churchill’s work ever in North America.įeatured are canvases representing five decades of Churchill’s paintings, drawn from public and private collections in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. This fall, the National Churchill Museum at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., and the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St.
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