During the interwar period, Winston Churchill spent a lot of time on the French Riviera, where he indulged in one of his favorite pastimes, his “little dabbles”. Of his 600 canvases, 150 would have been painted there. Influenced by the light and the colors of the Impressionists, Monet more particularly, he could make a painting in less than three hours, while constantly grumbling, cigar in mouth, “It’s not good!” “. For this book rich in anecdotes, quotes and unpublished photos of the amateur artist at work, the English painter and musician Paul Rafferty has indulged in patient work as a detective. by the great statesman and Nobel Prize for Literature, he juxtaposed paintings, period photos and his own shots. In this way, he demonstrates, in addition to the passage of time, the difficulty of the subjects chosen and the talent of the one who one day admitted to having only one regret: “I am not a great painter”.
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