Winston Churchill: The Painter at the Wallace Collection

Name: Winston Churchill: The Painter
Start: 2026-05-23
End: 2026-11-29
Location: Wallace Collection

Winston Churchill: The Painter at Wallace Collection

Useful things to know before your visit

Address: Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, Marylebone W1U 3BN. Telephone: 0207 563 9500

What are the dates and times?

23rd May to 29th November 2026 · 10 AM to 5 PM (Mon-Sun)

How much do the tickets cost?

£18 · See wallacecollection.org

Which buses go to Wallace Collection?

Bus routes 2, 10, 12, 13, 30, 74, 82, 94, 113, 137 and 274 all stop close by

Which is the closest train station?

The nearest station is Bond Street, which connects with the Central Elizabeth and Jubilee lines. You can walk the ⅓ mile to Wallace Collection in about 6 minutes

Which other attractions are nearby?

Here are four attractions within 15 minutes walk of Wallace Collection: Madame Tussauds, Marble Arch, Handel & Hendrix in London and Sherlock Holmes Museum

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The Wallace Collection will be putting on the first major retrospective of Sir Winston Churchill's paintings since his death in 1965, bringing together more than 50 of his best works - many of which are held in private collections and rarely seen by the public.

Winston Churchill was a Member of Parliament for an incredible 62 years and led the country to victory during the Second World War, but he originally took up painting during the difficult Dardanelles campaign of 1915, when he found it a useful respite from his increasing public pressures.

Over the next fifty years he went on to create more than 500 canvases, with subjects spanning his travels across England, Italy, France and Marrakech.

The exhibition will display his paintings in chronological order, from his early tentative beginnings to his much bolder later works. "Churchill approached painting with an intensity that mirrored his political life," explained Dr Lucy Davis (co-curator of the exhibition). "What emerges is a painter who begins cautiously, inspired by Lavery and Nicholson, and ends up forging a surprisingly bold visual language of his own."

It will include everything from carefully composed still-lifes, portraits and sombre wartime scenes, to luminous Moroccan cityscapes, bright Mediterranean harbours, and deeply personal paintings of his beloved country home and garden at Chartwell.

The exhibition will also include a small collection of other works by his mentors and friends, such as Sir John Lavery and Wiliam Nicholson.

I’ve ranked the Wallace Collection as ★4 in my top 10 London galleries and ★10 in the museums I’d recommend in London

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