Winston Churchill Art

Churchill, Winston. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1956 - 1958. First edition, four volume set. Rebound in 1/4 red Moroccan leather and cl...

"Sir Philip Sassoon's House at Lympne" is an oil on canvas painting by Winston Churchill, circa 1928. The artwork size is 20 x 24 inches. The framed siz...

Sir Winston Churchill 1874-1965 British Riviera Scene Signed en verso "Riviera Scene / W.S.C." Oil on canvas board Immediately recognizable as one of the most important statesmen...

Churchill, Winston S. The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. Edited by Col. F. Rhodes, D.S.O. Illustrated by Agnus McNeill, Seaforth Highlanders. Two Volume Set. First Edition Printing. Rebound in full navy leather with gilt tooling and facsimile gilt signature embossed to front boards, raised bands, gilt titles, and gilt tooling to the spine, and new marbled end paper. Presented with a custom navy cloth archival slipcase. This is a first edition printing of The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan by Winston S. Churchill. The two volume set was published in London in 1899 by Longmans Green, and Co. It was edited by Col. F. Rhodes, D.S.O, and illustrated by Agnus McNeill. The book is presented rebound, in stunning full navy leather boards with gilt borders and Churchill’s facsimile gilt signature embossed on the front. The spines boast raised bands, gilt titles, and gilt tooling, and the inside has new marbled end paper. The two volumes are protected with a custom navy cloth archival slipcase. The front of the slipcase is inset with the original cloth and gilt stamped front of Vol I, with a river boat scene, the book’s title, and Churchill’s name. The River War tells the story of Britain’s campaign to reconquer Sudan at the end of the nineteenth century. In 1885, Sudanese Dervishes rebelled against foreign rule and killed Britain’s envoy Charles Gordon at his palace in Khartoum. Herbert Kitchener’s Anglo...

Churchill, Winston. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1956 - 1958. First English edition, four volume set. In the publisher's original red cl...

Believed by many to be the greatest Briton of all time, Winston Churchill was a revered statesman and a highly talented painter. This lovely work of art by the great man, Still Life, Silver at Chartwell, clearly displays his impressive skill as an artist. The artwork is one of a series of oil paintings executed by Churchill while staying at his country home. Churchill portrays a thoughtfully arranged collection of silver, including a salver and two neoclassical sugar pots, alongside a case of cigarettes. Through Churchill’s attentive brushwork the soft grays become gleaming silver on the muted tablecloth, providing a glimpse into the artist’s everyday private life at Chartwell. Sir William Nicholson, a fellow artist and dear friend of Churchill’s, often stayed at Chartwell during the 1930s and was deeply influential to Churchill’s artistic practice. The two would paint together around the estate, and one can easily see the similarities in Nicholson’s still life paintings with the present work, including an artwork presently in the Tate collection. As opposed to Churchill’s vibrant landscape paintings, the artist imbues the work with a sense of peaceful tranquility through a poignant use of light and shadow reflective of his own life at the time of its painting. It was composed during the 1930s, a time when Churchill was relatively free from political pressures and responsibilities, and the artwork represents a still moment of quiet contemplation as the artist honed his practice to remarkable effect. Painting was a dominating passion for Churchill in the last half of his life. There is little evidence that he had any artistic training prior to his 40s. In fact, his wife Clementine mentioned at one point that before he began painting, Churchill had hardly visited an art museum, much less created art. Churchill first began painting following a personal and political disaster, the Dardanelles campaign, in 1915. He is quoted as telling the painter Sir John Rothenstein: “If it weren’t for painting, I couldn’t live; I couldn’t bear the strain of things.” In 1948, he was bestowed the prestigious recognition of Honorary Academician Extraordinary by the Royal Academy of Arts. He painted roughly 500 works, approximately 350 of which are housed in Churchill’s garden studio at Chartwell. The present work also bears a significant provenance. Churchill gifted Still Life, Silver at Chartwell to his dear friend and colleague Sir Anthony Eden...

Sir Winston Churchill 1874-1965 British Trees in the Eastern Counties Oil on canvas Immediately recognizable as one of the most important sta...

Churchill, Winston S. Storia [A History of the English-Speaking Peoples]. Verona, Italy: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1956-1959. First Italian Editions. In 4 volumes. Signed by Churchi...

Churchill, Winston, Randolph Churchill (editor) and Charles Eade (compiler). Into Battle. The Unrelenting Struggle. The End of the Beginning. Onwards to Victory. The Dawn of Liberati...

Churchill, Winston. My Early Life: A Roving Commission. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. First edition, first printing. Octavo. Bound in full red crushed Morocco leather w...

Churchill, Winston, The Second World War. London, 1948-1954: Cassell & Co. Ltd. First editions, 6 vols. Period Asprey bindings. Presented is a first edition set of The Second Worl...

Churchill, Winston, The Second World War. London, 1948: Cassell & Co. Ltd. First editions, 6 vols. Signed by Churchill. All in original dust jackets with a custom slipcase. Presen...