Muchos llegaran a pensar que Winston Churchill, el gran guerrero anti-Nazi, se refugiaba en la pintura para apaciguar su tristeza, segun se lo hacen creer a uno en la serie de Netflix «The Crown». Pero el escritor y pintor británico, Paul Rafferty, dice que eso es mentira, que eso es solo para la tele, para hacer la cosa más dramática. Rafferty ha escrito un libro muy interesante acerca de esta faceta artística de Churchill: «Churchill pintando la Riviera Francesa». Para el Primer Ministro, la pintura era puro placer. Con su puro y con sus güisquis hacia vibrar sobre sus lienzos paisajes del sur de Francia, lugar que admiraba por su belleza y quería mucho. Winston Churchill nació en 1874 y murió en 1965 en Hyde Park, Londres.
Many will come to think that Winston Churchill, the great anti-Nazi warrior, sheltered himself in painting to soothe his sadness, as one is led to believe in the Netflix series «The Crown.» However, British writer and painter Paul Rafferty claims this is a lie, that it is only for television, to make things more dramatic. Rafferty has written a very interesting book about this artistic facet of Churchill: «Churchill Painting the French Riviera.» For the Prime Minister, painting was pure pleasure. With his cigar and his whiskies, he brought to life on his canvases the landscapes of southern France, a place he admired for its beauty and cherished deeply. Winston Churchill was born in 1874 and died in 1965 in Hyde Park, London.
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