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Churchill at his easel<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201dHappy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely. Light and colour, peace and hope, will keep them company to the end of the day.” – Winston Churchill<\/a><\/p>\n

From Wired.com: In between penning epic one-liners<\/a>, drinking, and saving western civilization, Winston Churchill picked up oil painting as a hobby. Inspired by the work of John Singer Sargent and Walter Sickert, Churchill managed to finish over 500 paintings<\/a>,\u00a0when World Wars weren’t getting in the way. He focused on\u00a0calm landscapes<\/a>\u00a0—\u00a0relaxing fare to keep his mind off of military failures in his past and the Panzer battalions amassing on the other side of the English Channel.<\/p>\n

His aim was contentment, not critical acclaim. He said \u201dHappy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely. Light and colour, peace and hope, will keep them company to the end of the day.”<\/p>\n

Though he didn’t pick up a paintbrush until his 40th birthday, by the end of his life Churchill was a knight, a Nobel Laureate, but also had his paintings honored by the Royal Society of the Art\u00a0under the pseudonym “Mr. Winter.” Today his paintings are collected and sold at auction where one recently sold for over a\u00a0million dollars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Click on the image of Churchill for a contrary opinion about the happiness of painters.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  \u201dHappy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely. Light and colour, peace and hope, will keep them company to the end of the day.” – Winston Churchill From Wired.com: In between penning epic one-liners, drinking, and saving western civilization, Winston Churchill picked up oil painting as a hobby. 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