Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) Prime Minister

Location

Country: France
City: Paris
Place: British Embassy

Oscar Nemon was born in Osijek (today in Croatia), and began modelling in clay at the age of 14, after which he devoted himself to sculpture. In 1923 he lived in Vienna where he cast works at his uncle’s bronze foundry. He studied in Paris and at the Académie Royale des Beaux Arts, Brussels, and exhibited sculptures of notable figures in the 1930s. After moving to England, he settled in Oxford, and held his first exhibition in London in 1942. He became a British citizen, and received commissions for portraits of the Queen, Harold MacMillan, Sigmund Freud and other important 20th century figures. Nemon continued to work up to his death in 1985, and today many of his works can still be seen at his house and studio in Oxford.

People

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874 - 1965)

Places

Subjects

male portrait, man, 20th century costume, Leader of the Conservative Party, Leader of the House of Commons, Secretary of State for the Colonies, First Lord of the Admiralty, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Member of Parliament, Prime Minister, Secretary of State for War, President of the Board of Trade, Minister of Defence

Materials & Techniques

bronze, Bronze bust

Artist

Oscar Nemon (1906 - 1985)

Title

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) Prime Minister

Date

Medium

Bronze sculpture

Acquisition

Presented by Mr & Mrs Alan Spears, 1964

Inscription

none

Provenance

Presented to the British Embassy, Paris, by donors who bought from the artist for this site.

GAC number

13764