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Winston Spencer Churchill

Winston Spencer Churchill (1874 - 1965) was active/lived in United Kingdom, England.  Winston Churchill is known for Landscape, waterscape, figure, genre and still life painting, political leader.

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Churchill as Artist      

Half Passion, Half Philosophy

By Ron Cynewulf Robbins

Churchill was forty before he discovered the pleasures of painting. The compositional challenge of depicting a landscape gave the heroic rebel in him temporary repose. He possessed the heightened perception of the genuine artist to whom no scene is commonplace. Over a period of forty-eight years his creativity yielded more than 500 pictures. His art quickly became half passion, half philosophy.  He enjoyed holding forth in speech and print on the aesthetic rewards for amateur devotees. To him it was the greatest of hobbies. He had found his other world—a respite from crowding events and pulsating politics.

His initiation was simplistic. As he put it: "...experiments with a child's paint-box led me the next morning to produce a complete outfit in oils." Unfamiliarity with technique could not lessen his determination; discipline—   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 20212 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Winston Spencer Churchill

   Winston Spencer Churchill  Born:  1874 - Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England
Died:   1965 - Hyde Park, London, England
Known for:  Landscape, waterscape, figure, genre and still life painting, political leader
Name variants:  Sir Winston Churchill, Charles Morin, Mr Winter

Churchill as Artist      

Half Passion, Half Philosophy

By Ron Cynewulf Robbins

Churchill was forty before he discovered the pleasures of painting. The compositional challenge of depicting a landscape gave the heroic rebel in him temporary repose. He possessed the heightened perception of the genuine artist to whom no scene is commonplace. Over a period of forty-eight years his creativity yielded more than 500 pictures. His art quickly became half passion, half philosophy.  He enjoyed holding forth in speech and print on the aesthetic rewards for amateur devotees. To him it was the greatest of hobbies. He had found his other world—a respite from crowding events and pulsating  ...  Displaying 750 of 20212 characters.

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