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WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER CHURCHILL 1874 - 1965.
Pastel, 13 x 10 inches
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In 1940 the world was in deep crisis with humanity facing its greatest
challenge. France had fallen to Hitler along with most of Europe, leaving
Great Britain to stand alone against all the horrors he would have brought to
this world. If Britain had fallen, surrendered, or gone for a compromise
peace, long years of evil tyranny would have descended upon Europe and in
time, the world. It would have fallen to Russia to decide whether to
challenge Hitler, a very difficult thing for it to attempt without a powerful
ally in Europe, as it would have been for the United States to do so, without a
secure base on the British Isles. Both powers were influenced by Britains will
to fight on, a will driven and personified by Winston Churchill. The battle of
Britain was won, and the whole course of world history was altered decidedly
for the better.
As the American journalist Edward R. Murrow commented; 'Churchill
mobilised the English language and sent it into battle' 'I have nothing to
offer' Churchill said, '..but blood toil tears and sweat. You ask what is our
policy? I can say it is to wage war by sea, land and air, with all our might and
with all our strength that god can give us; to wage war against a monstrous
tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime.
You ask what is our aim? I can answer in one word; It is victory, victory at
all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the
road may be.
What better subject could there be for a portrait painter than this man? ...I
just had to take some time out from my wildlife work to do this.
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Original painting: SOLD
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Fine Art Giclee Prints: Available
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