He said Churchill captured the view in the “wonderful, evocative painting” and gave it to Roosevelt as a memento of the trip.Ĭhurchill was a keen amateur artist who completed some 500 paintings after taking up painting in his 40s. “Roosevelt was blown away by it and thought it was incredible,” said Nick Orchard, head of Christie’s modern British art department.
The two leaders visited Marrakech after the conference so that Churchill could show Roosevelt the city’s beauty.Īngelina Jolie and then partner Brad Pitt bought the painting in 2011. He painted it after the January 1943 Casablanca Conference, where Churchill and Roosevelt planned the defeat of Nazi Germany. The image of the 12th-century mosque in Marrakech at sunset, with the Atlas Mountains in the background, is the only painting that Britain’s World War II leader completed during the 1939-45 conflict. Roosevelt - is being sold by Angelina Jolie next month with an estimated price of 1.5 million pounds to 2.5 million pounds ($2.1 million to $3.4 million). Quite prolific, Churchill produced over 500 works in his lifetime.LONDON: A painting by Winston Churchill that is a piece of both political and Hollywood history is coming up for auction.Ĭhristie’s auction house said Monday that the Moroccan landscape “Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque” - a gift from Churchill to US President Franklin D. Ĭhurchill took up painting as a hobby late in life, around age 40, after a failed naval attack during World War I that cost him his title of First Lord of the Admiralty. "The painting depicts the very moment the two world leaders shared as they viewed the majestic landscape of Marrakech as the sun set over the Atlas Mountains, and to know Churchill gifted the painting to FDR after their time together excited me even more," Rau said. Pitt acquired the painting from antiques dealer Bill Rau, who said the painting eventually ended up in New Orleans, where it was kept in a local family's closet for more than fifty years before a family member contacted his gallery, M.S. Their brief visit together was memorialized by the painting, which Churchill created the very next day when Roosevelt left.Īfter the conference, the two leaders demanded "unconditional surrender" from Germany, Italy and Japan, a historic declaration that had a massive impact on the war. In January of 1943, after jointly attending the Casablanca Conference in Morroco to determine the best way to defeat Nazi Germany, Churchill convinced Roosevelt to join him in nearby Marrakech and watch the sun drop behind the Atlas Mountains.
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Man allegedly wounded driver in road rage shooting after he failed to merge.Person struck, killed by vehicle on I-12 interstate reopened near Amite River."Tower of Koutoubia Mosque" is the only painting that Churchill made between 19, during World War II, according to CNN. The couple separated in 2016 after two years of marriage. The news outlet goes on to say that actor Brad Pitt bought Churchill's sunset scene as a gift to Jolie in 2011.
Churchill's previous record was £1.7 million ($2.7 million) in 2014 at Sotheby's London, CNN reports. The sale more than tripled its high estimate of £2.5 million ($3.5 million). "He felt that his paintings of the country were among his best." "Churchill first visited Morocco in 1935 where he fell in love with the quality of light there," said Nick Orchard, head of modern British art at Christie's in London, where the auction took place. The former British Prime Minister's rare painting was sold by the Jolie Family Collection and features the long shadows and warm tones of a sunset in Marrakech, Morroco, which was a favorite subject of Churchill's to paint. Roosevelt during World War II and ended up in a New Orleans' family's home for about five decades before eventually making its way into actor Angelina Jolie's collection sold during a Monday, March 1 record-breaking auction at Christie's in London.Īccording to CNN, Churchill's "Tower of Koutoubia Mosque," has become his most expensive painting to sell at auction, fetching nearly $11.5 million after fees. A unique Winston Churchill painting that was gifted to US President Franklin D.
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