A Study of the Portrait Infamously Destroyed by Winston Churchill Heads to Auction
For his 80th birthday in 1954, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill received more than 150,000 gifts from around the globe. One gift in particular, a portrait commissioned by the Houses of Parliament, was so detested by Churchill that it was later burnt at the request of his secretary.
A Study for the Portrait Winston Churchill Famously Abhorred Is for Sale
As Winston Churchill approached his 80th birthday, the Houses of Parliament commissioned Graham Sutherland, a highly esteemed British Modernist, to paint his portrait as a gift. The former prime minister famously hated the final product,
Study for a Portrait of Winston Churchill That Was ‘Rejected’ as an 80th Birthday Present Heads to Auction
The painting, commissioned by the U.K. parliament, depicts the prime minister’s “less austere and gentler side,” according to a Sotheby’s specialist
Study for portrait Winston Churchill disliked goes on show at his old home
Painting by Graham Sutherland is being displayed at Blenheim Palace before being auctioned in June
Version of Churchill’s hated portrait immortalized in ‘The Crown’ goes up for auction
Commissioned for the-then Prime Minister’s 80th birthday, the much-maligned and ultimately destroyed painting has another, earlier version set to go under the hammer.
The Portrait That Enraged Churchill Now Up for Auction
A portrait sketch of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, which he famously burnt in a fit of rage, calling it “horrible and malicious,” is about to go up for auction. According to The Guardian and other UK media outlets,
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