Winston Churchill as a painter

An early self-portrait by Churchill showing him with a palette, dated to 1919/20.[1] Cannadine says that it is one of his earliest pieces, painted when he was still depressed after the failure of the Dardanelles expedition.[2]
The studio that Churchill built for himself at Chartwell in the 1930s

Winston Churchill was introduced to painting during a family holiday in June 1915, when his political career was at a low ebb. He continued this hobby into his old age, painting over 500 pictures of subjects such as his goldfish pond at Chartwell and the landscapes and buildings of Marrakesh. He sold some works, but he also gave away many of the works that he self-deprecatingly described as "daubs" as gifts.

  1. ^ ArtUK
  2. ^ Cannadine 2018, p. 13.