Winston Churchill

 Churchill was a prolific painter, producing nearly 600 works throughout his lifetime.  Sarah Thomas of Sotheby’s has commented “Churchill took up painting very late…  He found relief from all the pressures of his work in his painting.”  In December 2006, one piece, ‘View of Tinherir’ from 1951, sold at auction for a record £612,800.  According to Thomas, however, it took him a while to master his trade: “His work does vary in quality…  A lot of his paintings are pretty poor and amateur and full of splodges.”