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A cushion featuring the painting “Magnolia” by Sir Winston Churchill. Size 43 x 43cm. “Magnolia” A bloom from a magnolia tree, planted by Clementine under Churchill’s bedroom window at their home at Chartwell, Kent. Painted by Winston Churchill around 1930. Churchill: The Painter Churchill's talent was multi-facetted, he was a soldier, politician, wartime leader, writer and historian. In 1915, at the age of 41 Churchill discovered a natural talent as an artist and for the rest of his life he painted enthusiastically. His art embraced many subjects and locations in Britain and around the world. Churchill painted over 500 canvases predominantly of landscapes, but also still lifes and self portraits.
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