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A Monet Masterpiece That Hung in Churchill’s Home Is Now Free of Grime From Cigar Smoke
The newly restored "Charing Cross Bridge," which once hung in the politician's drawing room, is now on display at London's Courtauld Gallery ...
Why is Labour so obsessed with obliterating history with removal of artwork in Downing Street? - Jayne Dowle
First they came for Sir Winston Churchill’s urinal, then they dispatched Margaret Thatcher in favour of lyrical landscapes, ...
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Churchill’s Monet—restored after many years of cigar smoke—goes on show in Courtauld blockbuster
Winston Churchill’s penchant for chain smoking cigars no doubt contributed to the build-up of grime on a Claude Monet riverscape in his sitting room. The painting, depicting London’s Charing ...
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A Monet Masterpiece Yellowed By Winston Churchill’s Cigar Smoke Has Now Been Restored
In 1949, an American literary agent named Emery Reves gifted the painting to former prime minister Winston Churchill. Until his death in 1965, Churchill cherished the piece and kept it in the drawing ...
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Monet’s Obsessive Paintings of the Thames Reunited in London for the First Time in 120 Years
It reunites 21 paintings that debuted as part of a larger ... significant view of Charing Cross Bridge once owned by Winston Churchill, which has recently been restored to its former glory after ...
Daily Express16d
The three hobbies Winston Churchill relied upon to relax and re-energise
Writing a biography of Sir Winston ... of Churchill's stress-busting equivalents was to daub oil on canvas, at which he became quite proficient. However, he only had time to make one painting ...
The Daily Telegraph23d
Monet and London: The Courtauld’s ravishing show is worth the 120-year wait
the predominant yellow in a phantasmagorical vision that once belonged to Winston Churchill seems almost toxic. Perhaps Cezanne was being snotty. For visual candyfloss, Monet’s paintings are ...
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The World’s 50 Most Beautiful Cities, Ranked by Travel Experts
The very thought of Paris conjures up thoughts of romantic picnics in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, afternoons gazing at the Mona Lisa and other famous works of art in the Louvre ... that was ...
Associated Press29d
An iconic Churchill photo stolen in Canada and found in Italy is ready to return
A renowned portrait of Winston ... Churchill, stolen in Canada in 2022, and returned during a ceremony at the Canada’s embassy in Rome, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) From ...
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Kingmaker by Sonia Purnell: Pamela’s political pillow talk helped win the war and her liaisons with Americans, dutifully reported to her father-in-law, Churchill, persuaded ...
And Randolph Churchill (son of Winston) decided she looked healthy ... trousers round his ankles and lipstick all over his face. ‘Jesus wept!’ he bellowed. He and Pamela were engaged six ...
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