Winston Churchill's Palliative Painting
As a former military man, Churchill was not alone in this liking for oils and canvases. Ulysses S. Grant had been another such soldier-artist, and several high-ranking officers during World War II were painters, among them Gens. Auchinleck, Alexander and Eisenhower.
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