Potomack Company offers rare Churchill self-portrait in private sale

British statesman Winston Churchill, known as a gifted political leader, orator, writer and historian, also left a legacy as a prolific painter. Over five decades, Churchill created more than 500 landscapes and seascapes, preferring to paint outdoors. The Potomack Company, a Washington, DC, area auction gallery noted for the expertise of its specialists, is now offering a rare Churchill self portrait through private sale. In “The Rocks of the Chateau De L’Horizon, Seascape Near Cap Ferrat,” an oil on canvas painted in 1933, Churchill depicted himself seated alongside Viscountess Doris Castlerosse on the rocks of the French Riviera. (Provenance: From the artist to Maxime Elliott; bequest to her sister Lady Forbes-Robertson; to her benefactor J.J. Miles until 1984; Sotheby’s, NY, April 11, 1984; purchased at this sale by the present owner.) In addition to the Churchill self-portrait, other works Potomack is