Paintings - 16th March 2016
Lot 186
‡Hassan El Glaoui (French b.1924) Fantasia au galop Signed Gouache 49 x 64cm; 19¼ x 25in Sir...
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Description
‡Hassan El Glaoui (French b.1924)
Fantasia au galop
Signed
Gouache
49 x 64cm; 19¼ x 25in
Sir Winston Churchill was friends with El Glaoui's father and the painter met Churchill in 1943 in Marrakech. Churchill convinced his parents to send him to art school in Paris. The painter attributes his successful career to his meeting with Churchill.