Hi John. Here is what I found out on the painting. On page 470 of John Ramsden's book, "Man of the Century: Winston Churchill and his legend since 1945."
"Menzies had not only been shown the studio at Chartwell in 1948 but had in 1955 acquired a Churchill painting entitled "sailing boats in the harbor at Antibes." .... The painting was hung for the public to see in the kings hall of the Australian Parliament House.... Then acquired by the Australian government... Then it was hung on the wall of Prime Minister John Winston Howard's office." There is actually more information regarding how Churchill let go of the paining to Menzies that's pretty interesting reading. hope this helps. sincerely Don Jakeway San Antonio Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 6, 2014, at 4:41 PM, John David Olsen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have a question and thought that someone in the group might be able to > point me in the right direction. I'm sure there must be an expert on > Churchill paintings on the list. > > There was an opinion piece in The Australian several weeks ago that refers to > a 'Churchill painting' hanging in the Office of the Prime Minister of > Australia. > > http://bit.ly/1HLRevu > > Would anyone have any idea about the painting or its provenance? > > Thanks for any guidance. > > -john > > > > John David Olsen > The Churchill Centre > | e: [email protected] > | w: www.winstonchurchill.org > | t: +61 401 92 7878 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
