Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque | |
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Artist | Winston Churchill |
Year | 1943 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Movement | Impressionism |
Dimensions | 510 mm × 610 mm (20 in × 24 in) |
Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque is an oil on canvas painting of the Kutubiyya Mosque in Marrakesh by Winston Churchill. The painting, the only one Churchill undertook during the Second World War, was completed on 25/26 January 1943, during a visit to the city by Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt, following the Casablanca Conference. Churchill subsequently presented the picture to Roosevelt. It was later owned by Angelina Jolie. At its sale in 2021 the picture was described by Christie's as "Churchill's most important work" and achieved the highest ever auction price for a painting by Churchill.