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Winston Churchill
Marrakech with a Camel

1954

About the Item

"Marrakech with a Camel" is an oil painting made by Winston Churchill in 1954. The artwork size is 22 x 27 inches. The framed size is 28 1/2 x 33 3/8 x 3 1/2 inches. An outstanding example of Churchill’s North African scenes, one in which he deftly captures the scenery and light that his artistic mentor, John Lavery, had told him about in the mid 1930s. Another artist mentor, Walter Sickert, taught Churchill how to project photo images directly on to a canvas as an aid in painting, a technique used to advantage in this instance. The Studio Archives at Chartwell include 5 photographs, one of the camel and four others, that Churchill used as aids. With the visual aids, Churchill could focus on the vibrant colors, the tan of the sand and buildings contrasting with the brilliant blue skies, splashes of green adding energy to the painting. A different Marrakech scene, “Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque”, set an auction record for Churchill when it sold in 2021 for $11 million USD. Provenance: The Studio, Chartwell Lady Sarah Audley Benjamin and Mary Rummerfield Estate of Mary Rummerfield Private Collection, by descent Exhibition: London, Wylma Wayne Fine Art, Sir Winston Churchill, June-July 1982, no. 55. Literature: D. Coombs and M. Churchill, Sir Winston Churchill: His Life and His Paintings, Lyme Regis, 2011, p. 205, no. C 453, fig. 425.
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