Sir Winston Spencer Churchill, O.M, C.H., Hon. R.A. (1874-1965)

Lake Garda

Details

Sir Winston Spencer Churchill, O.M, C.H., Hon. R.A. (1874-1965)
Lake Garda
signed with initials 'W.S.C' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1949

Provenance

Given by the artist to the present owner.

Literature

D. Coombs, Churchill his Paintings, London, 1967, no.402, p.230 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

Churchill travelled to the first meeting of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg in August 1949, where he stayed for nine days and received the Freedom of the City. Shortly beforehand, he went to stay with his wife Clementine in a hotel on Lake Garda. He found the weather rather warm and after a week they moved onto Lake Carezza.
(see M. Soames, Winston Churchill - His Life as a Painter, London, 1990, p.168).

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