Winston Churchill

“Churchill created more than 500 artworks (mostly oils, but watercolours too)”

“he did paint scenes of the Western Front while an officer with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1916”

“Some French Riviera seascapes in 1921 — the fruit of a painting trip with Lavery”

“a view of the Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech, with the Atlas peaks behind it, painted after the Casablanca Conference in 1943, and given to President Roosevelt”

“When, exhibiting as “Charles Morin”, he had a small show at a Paris gallery in 1921, four out of five works sold, at £30 each”

“Churchill was correct to think that Morocco — which he visited six times between 1935 and 1959 — brought out the best in his painting”