Winston Churchill’s paintings star in an exhibit on the Queen Mary
Duncan Sandys, left, great-grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, and Commodore Everett Hoard hold up a painting done by Churchill titled “Coast Scene Near Marseilles,†a 1930s oil on canvas. This and other paintings will be on exhibit at an art gallery aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach. A total of 10 paintings done by Churchill will be included in the exhibit running from May 27 to Dec. 31, 2016.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)Prime Minister Winston Churchill. with wife Clementine, gives the ‘V’ sign in reply to troops from the Royal Navy as they cheer him aboard the Queen Mary in 1943.
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