SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL (1874-1965)
![SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL - Coastal Town on the Riviera (Double-Sided C111 & 535) Uniquely among Winston Churchill’s known work, “Coastal Town on the Riviera” is in fact a double painting with the landscape on one side and an oil sketch on the other. The portrait sketch bears some resemblance to Viscountess Castlerosse who was a frequent guest in the same Rivera estates where Churchill visited. Churchill painted her in C 517 and C 518 and gives us a larger picture of the people who inhabited his world. <br><br>Of his approximately 550 works, the largest portion (about 150) were of the South of France, where Churchill could indulge in both the array of colors to apply to his canvas and in gambling, given the proximity of Monte Carlo.](/Art_Images/Large/sir_winston_churchill_coastal_town_on_the_riviera_(double-sided_c111_&_535)_45736.jpg)
![SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL - Coastal Town on the Riviera (Double-Sided C111 & 535) Uniquely among Winston Churchill’s known work, “Coastal Town on the Riviera” is in fact a double painting with the landscape on one side and an oil sketch on the other. The portrait sketch bears some resemblance to Viscountess Castlerosse who was a frequent guest in the same Rivera estates where Churchill visited. Churchill painted her in C 517 and C 518 and gives us a larger picture of the people who inhabited his world. <br><br>Of his approximately 550 works, the largest portion (about 150) were of the South of France, where Churchill could indulge in both the array of colors to apply to his canvas and in gambling, given the proximity of Monte Carlo.](/Art_Images/Large/sir_winston_churchill_coastal_town_on_the_riviera_(double-sided_c111_&_535)_45736_detail1.jpg)
![SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL - Coastal Town on the Riviera (Double-Sided C111 & 535) Uniquely among Winston Churchill’s known work, “Coastal Town on the Riviera” is in fact a double painting with the landscape on one side and an oil sketch on the other. The portrait sketch bears some resemblance to Viscountess Castlerosse who was a frequent guest in the same Rivera estates where Churchill visited. Churchill painted her in C 517 and C 518 and gives us a larger picture of the people who inhabited his world. <br><br>Of his approximately 550 works, the largest portion (about 150) were of the South of France, where Churchill could indulge in both the array of colors to apply to his canvas and in gambling, given the proximity of Monte Carlo.](/Art_Images/Large/sir_winston_churchill_coastal_town_on_the_riviera_(double-sided_c111_&_535)_45736_detail2.jpg)
![SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL - Coastal Town on the Riviera (Double-Sided C111 & 535) Uniquely among Winston Churchill’s known work, “Coastal Town on the Riviera” is in fact a double painting with the landscape on one side and an oil sketch on the other. The portrait sketch bears some resemblance to Viscountess Castlerosse who was a frequent guest in the same Rivera estates where Churchill visited. Churchill painted her in C 517 and C 518 and gives us a larger picture of the people who inhabited his world. <br><br>Of his approximately 550 works, the largest portion (about 150) were of the South of France, where Churchill could indulge in both the array of colors to apply to his canvas and in gambling, given the proximity of Monte Carlo.](/Art_Images/Large/sir_winston_churchill_coastal_town_on_the_riviera_(double-sided_c111_&_535)_45736_detail3.jpg)
![SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL - Coastal Town on the Riviera (Double-Sided C111 & 535) Uniquely among Winston Churchill’s known work, “Coastal Town on the Riviera” is in fact a double painting with the landscape on one side and an oil sketch on the other. The portrait sketch bears some resemblance to Viscountess Castlerosse who was a frequent guest in the same Rivera estates where Churchill visited. Churchill painted her in C 517 and C 518 and gives us a larger picture of the people who inhabited his world. <br><br>Of his approximately 550 works, the largest portion (about 150) were of the South of France, where Churchill could indulge in both the array of colors to apply to his canvas and in gambling, given the proximity of Monte Carlo.](/Art_Images/Large/sir_winston_churchill_coastal_town_on_the_riviera_(double-sided_c111_&_535)_45736_detail4.jpg)
![SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL - Coastal Town on the Riviera (Double-Sided C111 & 535) Uniquely among Winston Churchill’s known work, “Coastal Town on the Riviera” is in fact a double painting with the landscape on one side and an oil sketch on the other. The portrait sketch bears some resemblance to Viscountess Castlerosse who was a frequent guest in the same Rivera estates where Churchill visited. Churchill painted her in C 517 and C 518 and gives us a larger picture of the people who inhabited his world. <br><br>Of his approximately 550 works, the largest portion (about 150) were of the South of France, where Churchill could indulge in both the array of colors to apply to his canvas and in gambling, given the proximity of Monte Carlo.](/Art_Images/Large/sir_winston_churchill_coastal_town_on_the_riviera_(double-sided_c111_&_535)_45736_detail5.jpg)
![SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL - Coastal Town on the Riviera (Double-Sided C111 & 535) Uniquely among Winston Churchill’s known work, “Coastal Town on the Riviera” is in fact a double painting with the landscape on one side and an oil sketch on the other. The portrait sketch bears some resemblance to Viscountess Castlerosse who was a frequent guest in the same Rivera estates where Churchill visited. Churchill painted her in C 517 and C 518 and gives us a larger picture of the people who inhabited his world. <br><br>Of his approximately 550 works, the largest portion (about 150) were of the South of France, where Churchill could indulge in both the array of colors to apply to his canvas and in gambling, given the proximity of Monte Carlo.](/Art_Images/Large/sir_winston_churchill_coastal_town_on_the_riviera_(double-sided_c111_&_535)_45736_detail6.jpg)
![SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL - Coastal Town on the Riviera (Double-Sided C111 & 535) Uniquely among Winston Churchill’s known work, “Coastal Town on the Riviera” is in fact a double painting with the landscape on one side and an oil sketch on the other. The portrait sketch bears some resemblance to Viscountess Castlerosse who was a frequent guest in the same Rivera estates where Churchill visited. Churchill painted her in C 517 and C 518 and gives us a larger picture of the people who inhabited his world. <br><br>Of his approximately 550 works, the largest portion (about 150) were of the South of France, where Churchill could indulge in both the array of colors to apply to his canvas and in gambling, given the proximity of Monte Carlo.](/Art_Images/Large/sir_winston_churchill_coastal_town_on_the_riviera_(double-sided_c111_&_535)_45736_detail7.jpg)
![SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL - Coastal Town on the Riviera (Double-Sided C111 & 535) Uniquely among Winston Churchill’s known work, “Coastal Town on the Riviera” is in fact a double painting with the landscape on one side and an oil sketch on the other. The portrait sketch bears some resemblance to Viscountess Castlerosse who was a frequent guest in the same Rivera estates where Churchill visited. Churchill painted her in C 517 and C 518 and gives us a larger picture of the people who inhabited his world. <br><br>Of his approximately 550 works, the largest portion (about 150) were of the South of France, where Churchill could indulge in both the array of colors to apply to his canvas and in gambling, given the proximity of Monte Carlo.](/Art_Images/Large/sir_winston_churchill_coastal_town_on_the_riviera_(double-sided_c111_&_535)_45736_detail8.jpg)
![SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL - Coastal Town on the Riviera (Double-Sided C111 & 535) Uniquely among Winston Churchill’s known work, “Coastal Town on the Riviera” is in fact a double painting with the landscape on one side and an oil sketch on the other. The portrait sketch bears some resemblance to Viscountess Castlerosse who was a frequent guest in the same Rivera estates where Churchill visited. Churchill painted her in C 517 and C 518 and gives us a larger picture of the people who inhabited his world. <br><br>Of his approximately 550 works, the largest portion (about 150) were of the South of France, where Churchill could indulge in both the array of colors to apply to his canvas and in gambling, given the proximity of Monte Carlo.](/Art_Images/Large/sir_winston_churchill_coastal_town_on_the_riviera_(double-sided_c111_&_535)_45736_detail9.jpg)
Procedencia
Estudio, ChartwellBenjamin y Mary Rummerfield
Patrimonio de Mary Rummerfield
Colección privada, por descendencia
Literatura
D. Coombs y M. Churchill, Sir Winston Churchill: His Life and His Paintings, Lyme Regis, 2011, p. 28, no. C 111, fig. 32P. Rafferty, Winston Churchill: Painting on the French Riviera, Londres, 2020, p. 200, ilustrado
De sus aproximadamente 550 obras, la mayor parte (unas 150) eran del sur de Francia, donde Churchill podía darse el gusto tanto en la gama de colores para aplicar a su lienzo como en el juego, dada la proximidad de Montecarlo.