During his downtime, Winston Churchill had a hobby ... In his 1948 book Painting as a Pastime, he described how he meticulously honed his craft. I had hitherto painted the sea flat, with long ...

By Milton Esterow Winston Churchill ... He discussed different colors in ‘Painting as a Pastime.’” Churchill wrote in the book: “I cannot pretend to feel impartial about the colors.

LONDON (AP) — A portrait of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work the British leader loathed went on display Tuesday at Churchill’s birthplace ahead of an auction in June. The painting by ...

Christie's held an auction for "The Bay of Eze," a painting by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. With fees and all, the painting ended up selling for 945,000 pounds. UNIDENTIFIED ...

Winston Churchill’s penchant for chain smoking ... later, in his 1948 book Painting as a Pastime, he singled out the work of Monet and three other French artists as floating “in sparkling ...

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Bidding, starting there at 450,000 pounds, just over $1/2 million for a painting by the late British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING ...