Lot 84
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Sir Winston Churchill, O.M., Hon. R.A. (1874-1965)
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Sir Winston Churchill, O.M., Hon. R.A. (1874-1965)

Trees in the eastern counties, near Breccles

Details
Sir Winston Churchill, O.M., Hon. R.A. (1874-1965)
Trees in the eastern counties, near Breccles
oil on canvas
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1936
There is the inscription 'Painted by my husband/Clementine S. Churchill' (written on the reverse)
Provenance
Lady Spencer-Churchill.
Mrs G.M. Kennedy.
with Lefevre Gallery, London.
Literature
D. Coombs, Churchill his paintings, London, 1967, no. 260, p. 178, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Winston Churchill Honorary Academician Extraordinary, March-May 1959 (listed as K).
Special notice
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Sale room notice
The title of this lot is Trees in the eastern counties, near Breccles, and not as stated in the catalogue entry.

Lot Essay

Churchill spent the Christmas of 1935 in Tangier and then travelled to Marrakech which would remain a favourite place to visit and paint in later years. The present work demonstrates the inspiration that Churchill had derived from the colourful Morroccan landscape that he had been painting over the winter. In Painting as a Pastime (London, 1948, p. 60) Churchill wrote, 'I must say I like bright colours. I agree with Ruskin in his denunciation of that school of painting who 'eat slate-pencil and chalk, and assure everybody that they are nicer and purer than strawberries and plums.' I cannot pretend to feel impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns'.

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