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SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL (1874-1965)

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<div>Twenty kilometers from Marseille, Cassis is an old fishing port known for its sunlit, azure waters and the iconic limestone cliffs that act as a cocoon for those who approach the village by boat. For Churchill's purposes, the quay extending into port waters provided a man-built feature that accentuated as much as it contrasted with this rocky coastline's natural juts and jags. Churchill painted this view from the rooftop terrace of Madge Oliver, an art teacher who advised him on occasion. He painted the view twice, one of a handful of times Churchill found a motif that captivated him enough to paint it multiple times.    It is important to keep in mind the dedication that Churchill found to make time to paint. “View Over Cassis Port” was painted around the time that the fifth and final volume of his WWI memoirs was published, and while he was working on a history of his ancestor, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough.</div>
<div>Twenty kilometers from Marseille, Cassis is an old fishing port known for its sunlit, azure waters and the iconic limestone cliffs that act as a cocoon for those who approach the village by boat. For Churchill's purposes, the quay extending into port waters provided a man-built feature that accentuated as much as it contrasted with this rocky coastline's natural juts and jags. Churchill painted this view from the rooftop terrace of Madge Oliver, an art teacher who advised him on occasion. He painted the view twice, one of a handful of times Churchill found a motif that captivated him enough to paint it multiple times.    It is important to keep in mind the dedication that Churchill found to make time to paint. “View Over Cassis Port” was painted around the time that the fifth and final volume of his WWI memoirs was published, and while he was working on a history of his ancestor, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough.</div> <div>Twenty kilometers from Marseille, Cassis is an old fishing port known for its sunlit, azure waters and the iconic limestone cliffs that act as a cocoon for those who approach the village by boat. For Churchill's purposes, the quay extending into port waters provided a man-built feature that accentuated as much as it contrasted with this rocky coastline's natural juts and jags. Churchill painted this view from the rooftop terrace of Madge Oliver, an art teacher who advised him on occasion. He painted the view twice, one of a handful of times Churchill found a motif that captivated him enough to paint it multiple times.    It is important to keep in mind the dedication that Churchill found to make time to paint. “View Over Cassis Port” was painted around the time that the fifth and final volume of his WWI memoirs was published, and while he was working on a history of his ancestor, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough.</div> <div>Twenty kilometers from Marseille, Cassis is an old fishing port known for its sunlit, azure waters and the iconic limestone cliffs that act as a cocoon for those who approach the village by boat. For Churchill's purposes, the quay extending into port waters provided a man-built feature that accentuated as much as it contrasted with this rocky coastline's natural juts and jags. Churchill painted this view from the rooftop terrace of Madge Oliver, an art teacher who advised him on occasion. He painted the view twice, one of a handful of times Churchill found a motif that captivated him enough to paint it multiple times.    It is important to keep in mind the dedication that Churchill found to make time to paint. “View Over Cassis Port” was painted around the time that the fifth and final volume of his WWI memoirs was published, and while he was working on a history of his ancestor, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough.</div> <div>Twenty kilometers from Marseille, Cassis is an old fishing port known for its sunlit, azure waters and the iconic limestone cliffs that act as a cocoon for those who approach the village by boat. For Churchill's purposes, the quay extending into port waters provided a man-built feature that accentuated as much as it contrasted with this rocky coastline's natural juts and jags. Churchill painted this view from the rooftop terrace of Madge Oliver, an art teacher who advised him on occasion. He painted the view twice, one of a handful of times Churchill found a motif that captivated him enough to paint it multiple times.    It is important to keep in mind the dedication that Churchill found to make time to paint. “View Over Cassis Port” was painted around the time that the fifth and final volume of his WWI memoirs was published, and while he was working on a history of his ancestor, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough.</div> <div>Twenty kilometers from Marseille, Cassis is an old fishing port known for its sunlit, azure waters and the iconic limestone cliffs that act as a cocoon for those who approach the village by boat. For Churchill's purposes, the quay extending into port waters provided a man-built feature that accentuated as much as it contrasted with this rocky coastline's natural juts and jags. Churchill painted this view from the rooftop terrace of Madge Oliver, an art teacher who advised him on occasion. He painted the view twice, one of a handful of times Churchill found a motif that captivated him enough to paint it multiple times.    It is important to keep in mind the dedication that Churchill found to make time to paint. “View Over Cassis Port” was painted around the time that the fifth and final volume of his WWI memoirs was published, and while he was working on a history of his ancestor, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough.</div> <div>Twenty kilometers from Marseille, Cassis is an old fishing port known for its sunlit, azure waters and the iconic limestone cliffs that act as a cocoon for those who approach the village by boat. For Churchill's purposes, the quay extending into port waters provided a man-built feature that accentuated as much as it contrasted with this rocky coastline's natural juts and jags. Churchill painted this view from the rooftop terrace of Madge Oliver, an art teacher who advised him on occasion. He painted the view twice, one of a handful of times Churchill found a motif that captivated him enough to paint it multiple times.    It is important to keep in mind the dedication that Churchill found to make time to paint. “View Over Cassis Port” was painted around the time that the fifth and final volume of his WWI memoirs was published, and while he was working on a history of his ancestor, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough.</div> <div>Twenty kilometers from Marseille, Cassis is an old fishing port known for its sunlit, azure waters and the iconic limestone cliffs that act as a cocoon for those who approach the village by boat. For Churchill's purposes, the quay extending into port waters provided a man-built feature that accentuated as much as it contrasted with this rocky coastline's natural juts and jags. Churchill painted this view from the rooftop terrace of Madge Oliver, an art teacher who advised him on occasion. He painted the view twice, one of a handful of times Churchill found a motif that captivated him enough to paint it multiple times.    It is important to keep in mind the dedication that Churchill found to make time to paint. “View Over Cassis Port” was painted around the time that the fifth and final volume of his WWI memoirs was published, and while he was working on a history of his ancestor, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough.</div> <div>Twenty kilometers from Marseille, Cassis is an old fishing port known for its sunlit, azure waters and the iconic limestone cliffs that act as a cocoon for those who approach the village by boat. For Churchill's purposes, the quay extending into port waters provided a man-built feature that accentuated as much as it contrasted with this rocky coastline's natural juts and jags. Churchill painted this view from the rooftop terrace of Madge Oliver, an art teacher who advised him on occasion. He painted the view twice, one of a handful of times Churchill found a motif that captivated him enough to paint it multiple times.    It is important to keep in mind the dedication that Churchill found to make time to paint. “View Over Cassis Port” was painted around the time that the fifth and final volume of his WWI memoirs was published, and while he was working on a history of his ancestor, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough.</div> <div>Twenty kilometers from Marseille, Cassis is an old fishing port known for its sunlit, azure waters and the iconic limestone cliffs that act as a cocoon for those who approach the village by boat. For Churchill's purposes, the quay extending into port waters provided a man-built feature that accentuated as much as it contrasted with this rocky coastline's natural juts and jags. Churchill painted this view from the rooftop terrace of Madge Oliver, an art teacher who advised him on occasion. He painted the view twice, one of a handful of times Churchill found a motif that captivated him enough to paint it multiple times.    It is important to keep in mind the dedication that Churchill found to make time to paint. “View Over Cassis Port” was painted around the time that the fifth and final volume of his WWI memoirs was published, and while he was working on a history of his ancestor, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough.</div> <div>Twenty kilometers from Marseille, Cassis is an old fishing port known for its sunlit, azure waters and the iconic limestone cliffs that act as a cocoon for those who approach the village by boat. For Churchill's purposes, the quay extending into port waters provided a man-built feature that accentuated as much as it contrasted with this rocky coastline's natural juts and jags. Churchill painted this view from the rooftop terrace of Madge Oliver, an art teacher who advised him on occasion. He painted the view twice, one of a handful of times Churchill found a motif that captivated him enough to paint it multiple times.    It is important to keep in mind the dedication that Churchill found to make time to paint. “View Over Cassis Port” was painted around the time that the fifth and final volume of his WWI memoirs was published, and while he was working on a history of his ancestor, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough.</div>
View Over Cassis Port (C 333)c. 193025 x 30 in.(63.5 x 76.2 x 1.91 cm) oil on canvas
Provenance
The Studio, Chartwell
Celia Sandys
Benjamin and Mary Rummerfield
Estate of Mary Rummerfield
Private Collection, by descent
Literature
D. Coombs and M. Churchill, Sir Winston Churchill: His Life and His Paintings, Lyme Regis, 2011, p. 79, no. C 333, fig. 138
P. Rafferty, Winston Churchill: Painting on the French Riviera, London, 2020, p. 183, illustrated
Twenty kilometers from Marseille, Cassis is an old fishing port known for its sunlit, azure waters and the iconic limestone cliffs that act as a cocoon for those who approach the village by boat. For Churchill's purposes, the quay extending into port waters provided a man-built feature that accentuated as much as it contrasted with this rocky coastline's natural juts and jags. Churchill painted this view from the rooftop terrace of Madge Oliver, an art teacher who advised him on occasion. He painted the view twice, one of a handful of times Churchill found a motif that captivated him enough to paint it multiple times.    It is important to keep in mind the dedication that Churchill found to make time to paint. “View Over Cassis Port” was painted around the time that the fifth and final volume of his WWI memoirs was published, and while he was working on a history of his ancestor, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough.
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