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Posted on 10/09/2026 2:37:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A painting by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill will be auctioned at Christie’s as part of its Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale in London on October 21. Amaryllis Lily (1948) carries an estimate of £300,000–£500,000 ($396,000–$661,000).
The painting depicts a red amaryllis belladonna, otherwise known as a March lily, blooming in a plant pot situated on a table against a dark backdrop. Churchill gave the painting to his daughter, Lady Mary Soames, who then donated it in 1995 to the Churchill Fellowship. Proceeds from the sale will be used to support Churchill Fellowship’s “Making Space for the Arts” program.
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Churchill’s love for painting started in the 1930s, when he befriended Nicholson, who also became his mentor. In a letter to the British art historian John Rothenstein, Churchill says that Nicholson is the “person who taught me most about painting.” Churchill and Nicholson would paint at Chartwell Manor, Churchill’s family home in Kent, where a studio was built in the garden.
Churchill’s auction record was set in 2021 when Christie’s sold Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque (1943) for £8.29 million.
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Better looking than anything Picasso did.
BEAUTIFUL!!!! WTH is this for SALE???
He was a gifted painter!
Better looking than anything Picasso did.
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Check Picasso’s early realistic portraits.
“WTH is this for SALE???”
Although the Churchill Fellowship is a registered charity with assets of more than $50 million, my guess is that they decided to sell the painting to fund this new program.
WOW! Sir Winston was one of the very best Brits.
Actually Hitler was a pretty good artist- but it of course didn’t make up for the fact he was evil
Churchill’s love of painting developed earlier. According to the International Churchill Society, “Churchill’s articles on the pleasures of painting appeared in the Strand Magazine in 1921 and 1922.”
Maybe it was the worst in her collection of Churchills that she didn’t mind parting with…?
That’s the second reference to “The Producers” on FR today!
One of my all-time faves. (the ORIGINAL one.)
Not many people know that Winston Churchill was a best-selling writer in the United States in the first two decades of the 20th century.
Not many people know that Winston Churchill was a best-selling writer in the United States in the first two decades of the 20th century.
To make room for a Biden. /s
Winston Churchill the American novelist is a different person.
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