to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II and eventually made its way into actor Angelina Jolie's collection has become the most expensive painting by the former British prime minister to sell at auction, fetching nearly £8.3 million after fees.
The sale more than tripled its high estimate of £2.5 million . Churchill's previous record was £1.7 million in 2014 at Sotheby's London. Actor Brad Pitt bought Churchill's painting for Angelina Jolie in 2011, before they married and ultimately separated after more than a decade together.Pitt purchased the painting from antiques dealer Bill Rau, who previously told CNN President Roosevelt's son had sold the piece to a filmmaker in the 1960s.
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a wonderful artistic touch 🌺very beautiful
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I often have multi million $ pieces of art somehow find their way into my collection. Damned if I know how it happens. Mystery.
I understand art but I don't understand the cosmic prices for it
The bizarre thing about this is their fixation on their colonies and the east.
I'll take it!! *look at my bank account*... oh it's a dusty account.
Angelina Jolie is smart.
Eu nem sabia que o Churchill pintava e a Angelina Jolie colecionava quadros...porra comprar um quadro do churchill é dose
It looks beautiful, it's wow
Very beautiful
thank you very much for your work
He wasn't an artist he was a politician
Why did she sell it? Why else would you sell something this valuable and important? It'll only increase in value. It's absolutely none of my business, of course, but it's an interesting decision on her part.
Interesting that the two main foes of WW2 were both artists at one time.
That looks really beautiful, wish I could paint like that
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I love Winston Churchill's artwork!!!!!
It's boring to sit at home alone, looking for someone to spend time with
Which just goes to show that as men age, some men, can actually become good painters. This painting looks very good. Of course the price is tied to the hand that painted it rather than the canvas.
Wow
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