Painting as a Pastime, by Winston S. Churchill
Download a PDF Sample (300 KB)Midway through his life, Winston Churchill took up painting as a rather serious amateur, Painting as a Pastime is his brief but spirited meditation on art.
Ernst Gombrich in, "Winston Churchill as Painter and Critic":
"For, let not one suppose that he just dabbled with paint with the naïve self-satisfaction of the nonartist. He knew as well as his critics what he owed to his time. His supreme intelligence was certainly never fooled by the relative ease with which he learned to sketch from nature in the manner of his friends. Anyone who wants to get a measure of Churchill's mind must read and savor the two astounding essays, one on "Hobbies," one on "Painting as a Pastime," which he included in Thoughts and Adventures in 1932 and issued as a little volume in 1948." (The Atlantic, Vol. 215, 1965, pp.90-3)
Project Notes:
There was fairly recently a large, illustrated volume published that included the full-text of Painting as a Pastime as well as a number of essays on Churchill's biography and specifically, how his work as a painter fit into his life at large. However, a smaller and less expensive volume of Churchill's original text might deservedly bring the work to a new audience. If an interested team were to form, their first step would be to determine the current copyright holder of the work and seek their approval and involvement in the project.
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None. This project was submitted by the Hol Editors and is open for anyone to take the lead on. Apply to work on this team.
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