For those not aware:- http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/late-shift-1/lecture-17122015.php
Lecture: Churchill and Art: Painting as more than a Pastime 17 December 2015, 19:00 Ondaatje Wing Theatre, National Portrait Gallery, London Tickets: £8 (£7 concessions and Gallery Supporters) Book online, or visit the Gallery in person. Churchill discovered the therapeutic value of painting at a dark time in his life, and it remained a constant source of solace and pleasure thereafter. But his art also mirrored the ups and downs of his political career, and was of especial importance during his later years of greatness and fame. Sir David Cannadine FBA is Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University. He is the author of fourteen books, including The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy, Class in Britain, Ornamentalism, Mellon, and The Undivided Past, and has just completed a biography of King George V. Sir David is a Trustee of the Wolfson Foundation, the Royal Academy, the Library of Birmingham, the Rothschild Archive, the Gladstone Library and the Gordon Brown Archive. He is also the Editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Vice Chair of the Westminster Abbey Fabric Commission and the Editorial Board of Past & Present, a Vice President of the Victorian Society, and a member of the Royal Mint Advisory Committee and the Editorial Board of the History of Parliament. Sir David makes frequent appearances on radio and television in the UK. This lecture complements the current case display in Room 31: Public and Private: Winston Churchill in Photographs, and marks the end of Churchill 2015, a unique international celebration of the life and legacy of Sir Winston Churchill, fifty years after his death, sixty years after his final resignation as prime minister, and seventy five years after his ‘finest hour’ leading the fight against fascism in 1940. Arif On 14 December 2015 at 01:56, 'EvanQ' via ChurchillChat < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > If you are in or near St. Louis, Missouri, you should go see the exhibit > of Churchill's paintings at the Kemper Art Museum on the Washington > University campus. There are 46 paintings, ranging from 1915 to 1955. As > with any art exhibit, seeing the paintings in person is much more > impressive than any catalog or reproduction can convey. There are 15 > paintings on loan from Chartwell, which I haven't yet visited so enjoyed > seeing very much. Equally so, there are 12 paintings from private > collections, so this is a rare opportunity to see them. Also, not > mentioned in the announcement in the Chartwell Bulletin was Churchill's > Bust of Oscar Nemon, his only sculpture. > I think my favorites were "Tapestries at Blenheim Palace" (the artistry > but also the family connection), the "Tower of Katoubia Mosque" (because I > happen to be reading about the Casablanca Conference in the Official > Biography) and "Bottlescape," for the humor of the piece and the story the > curator relates about it. > > Enjoy it if you get the chance. > Evan > > p.s. There is also a WWI exhibit which I did not have a chance to see. > > -- > 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
