Monday, October 26, 2015

Sir Winston Churchill: War Artist



This rare painting by Sir Winston Churchill, titled "Troops Going to the Front,", sold at auction for £461,000 ($711,400) at Sotheby's London in June. Churchill painted "Troops Going to the Front'" in 1927, inspired by a photograph taken by F.J. Mortimer ten years earlier. The canvas shows soldiers waving farewell to their loved ones at Victoria Station in London as they leave to join the war. Churchill himself served on the Western Front in 1916.

Source: DailyMail.org

3 comments:

  1. bill o'neillOctober 26, 2015 at 11:39 AM

    A very artistic man, though he never really considered himself an artist

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  2. UnknownOctober 26, 2015 at 12:43 PM

    Not bad!


    Darrell Combs USMC (Ret)

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  3. John T. SnowOctober 26, 2015 at 1:51 PM

    Since Churchill took up painting at 40, this was a relatively early work for him. Are there any examples of "war art" by Churchill?

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