Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Winston Churchill
- The Cambridge Companion to Winston Churchill
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Churchill’s Contested History
- 2 The Inheritance of Winston Churchill
- 3 Learning Lessons
- 4 Churchill As a Writer and Orator
- 5 Churchill and Social Policy
- 6 Churchill, the ‘Irish Question’ and the Irish
- 7 Churchill’s First World War
- 8 Churchill, Art and Politics
- 9 Churchill’s Economics
- 10 Churchill, the Roosevelts and Empire
- 11 Churchill, India and Race
- 12 Churchill’s Campaign against Appeasement
- 13 Churchill As War Leader
- 14 Churchill, The English-Speaking Peoples and the ‘Special Relationship’
- 15 Churchill As International Statesman
- 16 Churchill and the Bombing Campaign
- 17 The Influence of Clementine Churchill
- 18 Churchill and the ‘United States of Europe’
- 19 Indian Summer or Conservative Winter?
- Conclusion
- Book part
- Index
- References
8 - Churchill, Art and Politics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2023
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Winston Churchill
- The Cambridge Companion to Winston Churchill
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Churchill’s Contested History
- 2 The Inheritance of Winston Churchill
- 3 Learning Lessons
- 4 Churchill As a Writer and Orator
- 5 Churchill and Social Policy
- 6 Churchill, the ‘Irish Question’ and the Irish
- 7 Churchill’s First World War
- 8 Churchill, Art and Politics
- 9 Churchill’s Economics
- 10 Churchill, the Roosevelts and Empire
- 11 Churchill, India and Race
- 12 Churchill’s Campaign against Appeasement
- 13 Churchill As War Leader
- 14 Churchill, The English-Speaking Peoples and the ‘Special Relationship’
- 15 Churchill As International Statesman
- 16 Churchill and the Bombing Campaign
- 17 The Influence of Clementine Churchill
- 18 Churchill and the ‘United States of Europe’
- 19 Indian Summer or Conservative Winter?
- Conclusion
- Book part
- Index
- References
Summary
Churchill’s art has remained marginal to the study of his legacy in the twentieth century and yet he was in correspondence with some of the most highly regarded painters of the period, and was successfully presented and reviewed. The chapter explores Churchill’s relationship with art: his encounter with painting, his mentors and influences, painting, politics and the tension between tradition and modernism in the art of his age, the reception of his works, and the question of the amateur versus the professional artist.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Winston Churchill , pp. 151 - 166Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
References
Further Reading
Cannadine, D., Churchill: The Statesman as Artist (London: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2018)Google Scholar
Coombs, D. with Churchill, M., Sir Winston Churchill’s Life Through His Paintings (London: Chaucer, 2003)Google Scholar