Ruins of the Cathedral of St Vaast, Arras (1918) (after Sargent)
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (Woodstock 1874 - London 1965)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1920 - 1929
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
635 x 762 mm (25 x 30 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 1102524
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Ruins of the Cathedral of St Vaast, Arras (after Sargent) by Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, DL, OM, CH, PC, MP (1874-1965), 1920s, unsigned. A copy after a painting at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, entitled 'Ruins of Arras Cathedral', signed and dated John S. Sargent Arras August 1918. It is one of two copies of the picture by Sir Winston Churchill; one remained with Philip Sassoon (owner of the Sargent paining at the time of Sir Winston’s copying), the other at Chartwell.
Provenance
The Studio, Chartwell; purchased by the National Trust from Arabella Churchill (1949-2007) in January 2007.
Credit line
Chartwell, The Churchill Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (Woodstock 1874 - London 1965), artist
Exhibition history
The Sassoons, The Jewish Museum, New York, 2023 Art of Winston Churchill , Günter Grass-Haus, Lubeck, 2016 - 2017, no.p.18
References
Winston Churchill: Writings, Speeches, Paintings (Ed.Gunter Grass-Haus), Gunter Grass House, Lubeck, 20th November 2016 to 18 February 2017, pp.18-19