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Sir Winston Churchill, K.G., O.M., F.R.S., HON. R.A. 1874-1965
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Description
- Sir Winston Churchill, K.G., O.M., F.R.S., HON. R.A.
- Coast Scene near Lympne
- oil on canvas, unframed
- 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in.
Provenance
By direct family descent from the Artist
Exhibited
Chartwell, The Studio, loan exhibit
Literature
Mary Soames, Winston Churchill: His Life as a Painter: A Memoir by HIs Daughter, Houghton Mifflin, 1990, illustrated;
David Coombs and Minnie Churchill, Sir Winston Churchill's Life Through His Paintings, Chaucer Press, London, 2003, no.C290, fig.162, illustrated in colour, p.91.
David Coombs and Minnie Churchill, Sir Winston Churchill's Life Through His Paintings, Chaucer Press, London, 2003, no.C290, fig.162, illustrated in colour, p.91.
Catalogue Note
Painted circa 1930, Churchill was a frequent visitor to Sir Phillip Sassoon's country house on the Kent coast, Port Lympne. Occupying an enviable position overlooking Romney Marsh, Churchill's visits to the house inspired a fine group of serene and fluid landscape views of which the present work is typical. It was not long, however, before Port Lympne, on account of its commanding site, was requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence and later fell into decay. In 1973 John Aspinall bought and restored the house and famously created two private wildlife parks on the estate.