Winston Churchill: The Painter
Schedule
Sat, 23 May, 2026 at 12:00 am
UTC+01:00Location
Hertford House, Manchester Square, W1U3 London, United Kingdom | London, EN
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Saturday 23 May–Sunday 29 November 2026
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965) was one of the great statesmen of the twentieth century – the UK’s Prime Minister during the Second World War, and a Member of Parliament for 62 years. He was also a passionate and prolific painter. In painting, he found respite from public pressures, and a lifelong source of joy.
The first major retrospective of Sir Winston Churchill’s paintings since his death, our exhibition brings together more than 50 of his works. More than half are from private collections, rarely accessible to the public.
Encounter sombre wartime scenes and radiant Mediterranean views, carefully composed still-lifes and portraits, luminous Moroccan cityscapes, and deeply personal paintings of Chartwell, Churchill’s beloved home and garden.
During Churchill’s lifetime, some were exhibited at the Royal Academy, or given as tokens of friendship or diplomatic gifts. But most were painted purely for the pleasure and challenge of the creative process.
The relationship between Churchill and the Wallace Collection dates back to the Second World War. In 1942, the museum hosted the Artists Aid Russia exhibition, a fundraiser supported by his wife Clementine Churchill. Discover this extraordinary moment in the Wallace Collection’s history in our free display 'The Wallace Collection at War.'
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