Sotheby’s will offer the portrait, a study for the work that was destroyed following Churchill’s rejection of the painting as an 80th birthday present, at a June 6 auction in London. Getty ...

Graham Sutherland's portrait of Winston Churchill, painted to commemorate the-then Prime Minister's 80th birthday in 1954, was immortalized in the Netflix show "The Crown." ...

As Winston Churchill approached his 80th birthday, the Houses of Parliament commissioned Graham Sutherland, a highly esteemed British Modernist, to paint his portrait as a gift.

Winston Churchill diplomatically commented of Graham Sutherland's portrait of him that it was “a great example of modern art.” Unofficially, he and his wife Clementine hated it.

While “The Crown” is not a documentary, it is true that the 80th birthday portrait —described by Churchill as “filthy and malignant” in a letter to his personal doctor — was burned.

Painted by artist Graham Sutherland as part of a special commission to celebrate Churchill's 80th birthday in 1954, the portrait focuses on the wartime prime minister's face, capturing a moment of ...

Graham Sutherland's portrait of Winston Churchill, painted to commemorate the-then Prime Minister's 80th birthday in 1954, was immortalized in the Netflix show "The Crown." ...

Commissioned for the-then Prime Minister’s 80th birthday, the much-maligned and ultimately destroyed painting had another version that’s just sold for the first time.

While “The Crown” is not a documentary, it is true that the 80th birthday portrait —described by Churchill as “filthy and malignant” in a letter to his personal doctor — was burned.

Winston Churchill (played by John Lithgow) angrily tells the renowned painter Graham Sutherland (actor Stephen Dillane) in the first season ...

Version of Churchill’s hated portrait immortalized in ‘The Crown’ fetches $840,000 at auction By CNN Newsource Published April 19, 2024 1:47 am ...