{"id":53567,"date":"2024-04-17T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/?p=53567"},"modified":"2024-04-16T15:23:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T19:23:27","slug":"filthy-churchill-portrait-goes-to-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2024\/04\/filthy-churchill-portrait-goes-to-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFilthy\u201d Churchill Portrait Goes To Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_53568\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/640px-Sir_Winston_Churchill_-_19086236948_cropped2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53568\" class=\"wp-image-53568\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/640px-Sir_Winston_Churchill_-_19086236948_cropped2-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"A black-and-white photographic portrait of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill\" width=\"208\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/640px-Sir_Winston_Churchill_-_19086236948_cropped2-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/640px-Sir_Winston_Churchill_-_19086236948_cropped2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The Roaring Lion<\/em> (detail) by Yousuf Karsh<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A preliminary study of Winston Churchill\u2019s least favorite painting will go to auction at Sotheby\u2019s later this year.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When we think of famous portraits of Winston Churchill, the first one that comes to mind is the 1941 photograph by Yousuf Karsh, often called\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/38\/Sir_Winston_Churchill.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Roaring Lion<\/span><\/em><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. It shows the prime minister as both dignified but also hardened, which is very appropriate for a world leader in the midst of a world war. The story goes that Churchill\u2019s expression is because Karsh snatched the cigar out of his mouth after refusing to put it down. Modern audiences, however, might remember a different portrait of Winston Churchill, one painted by the modern British painter Graham Sutherland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Parliament commissioned a portrait from Sutherland in honor of Churchill\u2018s eightieth birthday in November 1954. Some may be familiar with the painting since its creation was the subject of the ninth episode of season one of the Netflix series\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Crown<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. John Lithgow won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Churchill in the episode.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At the time, Sutherland was one of Britain\u2019s top contemporary artists; originally part of Britain\u2019s Neo-Romantic movement along with Paul Nash and Ivor Hitchens, with his <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/artlogic-res.cloudinary.com\/w_2400,h_2400,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto\/artlogicstorage\/offerwaterman\/images\/view\/a1a647969a4f1d110a40736213fb5fc0j\/offerwaterman-graham-sutherland-road-and-quarry-1940.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">abstract landscapes<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0being his specialty. His most well-known work, however, would come after the Second World War. He cemented his position as a leading artist with his 1946 painting\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/27Maropener_USE.jpg?w=1640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Crucifixion<\/span><\/em><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0at St. Matthew\u2019s Church in Northampton. The vicar, Walter Hussey, commissioned Sutherland at the recommendation of Henry Moore, who created\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/61c2e54dfb4d59618dfd9704\/1665062828524-DU2ZF5IB5HXOTPGP0L12\/STM061+copy.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">a Madonna and Child sculpture<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> for the church. Sutherland is said to have used photographs taken at Nazi concentration camps as references when creating the painting. By the late 1940s, he was also receiving commissions for portraits, including those of writer <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/media.tate.org.uk\/art\/images\/work\/N\/N06\/N06034_10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Somerset Maugham<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, politician and newspaper owner\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/uploads0.wikiart.org\/00229\/images\/graham-sutherland\/william-maxwell-aitken-1st-baron-beaverbrook-1952.jpg!Large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lord Beaverbrook<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, gallerist\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/uploads7.wikiart.org\/00229\/images\/graham-sutherland\/arthur-jeffress-1953.jpg!Large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Arthur Jeffress<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, and music critic\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/uploads4.wikiart.org\/00229\/images\/graham-sutherland\/edward-sackville-west-1954.jpg!Large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Edward Sackville-West<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Winston Churchill had sat for portraits by several great artists at that point, including\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/40\/Winston_Churchill_Chancellor_by_John_Singer_Sargent.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">John Singer Sargent<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1631\/23927093474_885898991e_b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Walter Sickert<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. So imagine his surprise when he saw\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1-SutherlandWiki.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the finished portrait<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for the first time, which was\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/58210439af70ea5e7082bc61\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/graham-sutherland-winston-churchill-portrait.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">at its unveiling in Westminster Hall<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Churchill was very self-conscious of his image and believed Sutherland\u2019s portrait made him look decrepit and oafish. The painting\u2019s admirers, however, saw Sutherland\u2019s portrayal of the former prime minister not in a negative way but as a man weary from years of service to the country. His voice was dripping with sarcasm when he described the final portrait as a \u201cremarkable example of modern art\u201d. In private, Churchill described it as \u201cfilthy and malignant,\u201d making him look like \u201ca down-and-out drunk who has been picked out of the gut\u00adter in the Strand\u201d; he never came to appreciate the portrait. Churchill\u2019s wife Clementine hid it in the cellar of their home at Chartwell. Scholars generally agree that within a year of Churchill bringing the Sutherland portrait home, it was destroyed. Some say that Clementine took it into their yard and set it on fire, while others claim that Churchill\u2019s private secretary, Grace Hamblin, did it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">During the portrait\u2019s creation, Sutherland made a series of sketches and oil studies, which the artist later gave to the art dealer Alfred Hecht.\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/content\/dam\/news\/2024\/04\/16\/TELEMMGLPICT000374119860_17132664315410_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqY5hV3fpjE7mWNK3L5nye62JtAeC1ul6o8hxyT8Keeqo.jpeg?imwidth=960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One study<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0belongs to the Ogilvy family, an aristocratic Scottish clan who are also King Charles III\u2019s cousins. It differs from the final portrait in that it is only a bust-length portrayal in three-quarter view, with the former prime minister appearing a bit lost in thought. The Ogilvy family has consigned the study to Sotheby\u2019s, where it will appear at the June 6th Modern British &amp; Irish Art Evening Sale in London. Sotheby\u2019s specialists estimate it will sell for between \u00a3500K to \u00a3800K. Before then, it will be on display at Sotheby\u2019s New York location as well as Churchill\u2019s birthplace at Blenheim Palace.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A preliminary study of Winston Churchill\u2019s least favorite painting will go to auction at Sotheby\u2019s later this year. When we think of famous portraits of Winston Churchill, the first one that comes to mind is the 1941 photograph by Yousuf &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2024\/04\/filthy-churchill-portrait-goes-to-auction\/?contemporary=N\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":53568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[189,207,651,81,120,534,523,11,9],"class_list":["post-53567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rehs-galleries","category-rehs-contemporary","tag-20th-century-british-art","tag-auction-news","tag-britain","tag-british-art","tag-modern-art","tag-modern-british-art","tag-portrait","tag-rehs-contemporary-news","tag-rehs-galleries-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201cFilthy\u201d Churchill Portrait Goes To Auction - Rehs Galleries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An oil study for Graham Sutherland&#039;s controversial portrait of Winston Churchill will go to auction at Sotheby&#039;s this June.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2024\/04\/filthy-churchill-portrait-goes-to-auction\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cFilthy\u201d Churchill Portrait Goes To Auction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An oil study for Graham Sutherland&#039;s controversial portrait of Winston Churchill will go to auction at Sotheby&#039;s this June.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2024\/04\/filthy-churchill-portrait-goes-to-auction\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rehs Galleries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RehsGalleriesInc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-17T12:00:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/640px-Sir_Winston_Churchill_-_19086236948_cropped2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"825\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nathan Scheer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nathan Scheer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/filthy-churchill-portrait-goes-to-auction\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/filthy-churchill-portrait-goes-to-auction\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nathan Scheer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1d33fd182b28afdad8fc3548ffe6bdc4\"},\"headline\":\"\u201cFilthy\u201d Churchill Portrait Goes To Auction\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-17T12:00:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/filthy-churchill-portrait-goes-to-auction\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":669,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/filthy-churchill-portrait-goes-to-auction\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/04\\\/640px-Sir_Winston_Churchill_-_19086236948_cropped2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"20th Century British Art\",\"Auction News\",\"Britain\",\"British Art\",\"Modern Art\",\"Modern British Art\",\"portrait\",\"Rehs Contemporary - Art World News\",\"Rehs Galleries - Art World News\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Rehs 19th &amp; 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