It is from those times that we now have so many fine oils by Churchill. Over the years, Churchill became very fond of Morocco, especially the city of Marrakech and the surrounding mountain valleys where he would spend his holidays. When, during the irst World War, his friend and later painting partner Paul Maze suggested he should take up painting in order to relax, Churchill did so with enthusiasm, and continued to paint for the rest of his life. El Glaoui had no formal artistic training, but managed to work as an apprentice with French artists Jean Souverbie, and Emilie Charmy with whom he worked for 15 years.Ĭhurchill's artistic career is better known. Hassan El Glaoui, son of the famous El Haj Thami el Glaoui, moved to Paris in 1952 in order to study les Beaux-Arts. Hassan El Glaoui's Hassan El Glaoui's Les feux du Quadrige (1980) My father had wanted me to work in agriculture on his estates but on the advice of Churchill, he allowed me to continue painting." As he tells it,"Winston Churchill saw my paintings in my father’s office and advised him to let me continue painting. The meeting of the British war leader with the young Berber tribesman back in 1943 changed the direction of the young man's life. On show at London's Leighton House Museum, are nine paintings by Winston Churchill and fifteen by the revered Moroccan painter Hassan El Glaoui. A small exhibition of paintings in London is getting big reviews, not only for the art, but also the unlikely but charming story of an unlikely friendship behind the works.
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