Churchill in his Art Studio at Chartwell
Many people don’t know that in between saving Britain from invasion from the Nazi’s and keeping the Cuban Cigar Industry afloat, Winston Churchill was an avid painter, and a pretty good one at that.
You can see some of his paintings in the very place her painted them at Chartwell, his home in the Surrey countryside. Since most people can’t make the trek, I’ve found as many of the paintings as I could and posted them here. If you find more, let me know and I’ll post them!
Check at the bottom for links to places to buy Churchill’s art as well as some books on his painting. He even wrote a book about painting himself!
Sunset Over the Atlas Mountains – 1935 in Marrakech
River Scene Painted by Churchill
A Convent Painted by Churchill
Being a navy man, Churchill liked boats and water. A scene featuring a harbor by Churchill
One of the many paintings he painted in Morocco
Churchill’s “A Study of Boats.” One of his most famous paintings. It was painted in 1933.
Churchill painted “A View From Chartwell” in 1938. Chartwell is considered his own personal Garden of Eden. What’s interesting is that this was painted on the cusp of the beginnings of World War II.
Churchill Painted “A View from Tenherir” in Morocco in 1951.
Churchill Paints some sheep in an idyllic country scene in the 1940′s.
Churchill Paints a pond
Churchill Painted Another Scene from Morocco (one of many)
Books on Churchill’s Painting
Winston Churchill Himself wrote a book about painting as a hobby and you can still buy it. It’s definitely on my Christmas list!
Buy Churchill’s own book on painting: Painting as a Pastime
This is another book about Churchill’s Paintings.
Buy Sir Winston Churchill: His Life and His Paintings on Amazon.com
Where to Buy Prints of Winston Churchill’s Paintings
Galleria Fine Art – Winston Churchill Collection
Winston Churchill Fine Art Collection
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Thank you very much for this article about Winston Churchill and his painting. I wrote a paper upon the subject of him, and kind of fell in love with Great Britain. So yeah, in short, I adore this website!!!!!! Awesome job.
Honest Luck, Sarah K.
Such a great man represented life beautifully. God Bless Winston Churchill.
Great post(s), Jonathan. I’ve been to Chartwell. It was magical, and so beautiful. BTW I just received the most recent BBC America Shop catalogue today (Holiday Preview 2009) and in it is the Academy Award winning DVD of a 1941 film called “That Hamilton Woman” starring Vivien Leigh and Sir Laurence Olivier in their only on-screen romance. According to the catalogue, this was Winston Churchill’s favorite movie and he claimed to have watched it more than 80 times! Thought you’d enjoy that bit of trivia!
thanks a lot, i enjoyed my visit very much
i knew about Sir Churchil, but this visit has inriched
my life today and his paintings are just amazing!!!
first i saw his paintings here
http://www.museumsyndicate.com/artist.php?artist=667&start=100
best wishes
I love your blog! I just posted a link to it on my facebook fan page.
I wouldn’t say he was a good painter, an average hobbyist at best. When i saw the first painting on the page though my jaw was dropped, eventually realized it didn’t belong him…
Excellent job with this website! Do you have links to other Marrakesh-related paintings, especially his Atlas Mountain and F’na Square scenes? Thanks so much for all of your hard work in creating this site.