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Portrait of Winston Churchill (Sutherland)
painting bygd Graham Sutherland
The Portrait of Winston Churchill was a painting bygd English artist Graham Sutherland that depicted the British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, created in It was disliked by Churchill and within a year it had been destroyed.
In , Sutherland was commissioned to paint a full-length portrait of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. Sutherland received 1, guineas[a] in ersättning for the painting, a sum funded by donations from members of the House of Commons and House of Lords.[2] The painting was presented to Churchill bygd both Houses of Parliament at a public ceremony in Westminster Hall on his 80th birthday on 30 November [3]
Finding the depiction deeply unflattering, Churchill disliked the portrait intensely. After its public redogörelse, the painting was taken to his country home at Chartwell but not displayed. For a long time it was assumed that it was destr
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Book Review: "Scribble, Scribble, Scribble"
To listen to Simon Schama, or to read him, is to be exposed to gushing torrents of prose, prodigious and ecumenical scholarship, and the avidity of an enthusiast. Schama is University Professor and the author of at least 15 books, treating topics as various as Rembrandt, the transatlantic slave trade, and the French Revolution. As an award-winning writer-presenter of television documentaries, he has ranged across art, literature, and history.
In Scribble, Scribble, Scribble: Writing on Politics, Ice Cream, Churchill, and My Mother, Schama reveals himself as a dedicated foodie, a film buff, a critical observer of American politics, and a connoisseur of what he calls “gothic language.” Arranged by topic and including essays, reviews, reportage, lectures, and theater program notes, the book serves as a fitting aperitif to his more substantial works.
My own first encounter with Schama was a happy accident. I had driven to
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The Great Masters, Quantum Publishing, Ltd.
So, I picked up (read struggled to lift!) this page book at the library the other day. Among the artists featured in this publication you will find Rubens, Goya, Manet, Whistler, Renoir, Degas and many others. It tells you a little about each artist, puts their life in chronological order then features sample paintings whereupon they have a page of DETAILS!
Manna to the artist. . .like putting your nose right up to the painting, right?
Rembrandt Page Detail, The Great Masters, Quantum Publishing, Ltd.
Security guards don't LUV the patrons nosing the paintings!
Rembrandt's life has stuck with me for some reason. . .his name may be the first I remember hearing of as a child and putting it together that he was an artist. . .how about you? Was it Rembrandt? What has stuck with me like glue is the fact that his last years were not fabulo