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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Belsky, Franta,     Meridian Bronze Company,     Portrait male -- Churchill, Winston     Ethnic -- British     Occupation -- Political     Occupation -- Other     Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Fulton     Sculpture

Winston Churchill, (sculpture). Artist:  Belsky, Franta, sculptor. Meridian Bronze Company, founder. Title:  Winston Churchill, (sculpture). Dates:  Cast 1970. Installed May 14, 1971. Dedicated May 16, 1971. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  F. Belsky / Meridian Bronze Co., London (Front of base, incised:) CHURCHILL (Rear of base:) IN WAR-RESOLUTION/IN DEFEAT-DEFIANCE/IN VICTORY-MAGNANIMITY/IN PEACE-GOODWILL signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Portrait of Winston Churchill walking with a cane held in his proper right hand and a hat held in his proper left hand. He wears an overcoat that is open and slightly blown back at the bottom. The sculpture is mounted on a square base installed at the top of a flight of stairs. Subject:  Portrait male -- Churchill, Winston -- Full length Ethnic -- British Occupation -- Political -- Prime Minister Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Fulton Sculpture Owner:  Westminister College, Winston Churchill Memorial and Library in the United States, 7th & Westminster Avenues, Churchill Quadrangle Plaza, Fulton, Missouri 65251 Remarks:  This sculpture of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was gift of Mr. and Mrs. Clark R. Gamble of St. Louis. Mr. Gamble was a member of the Board of Trustees of Westminister College, and of the Board of Governors of the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library in the United States. It was at Westminister College in 1946 that Churchill delivered his famous "Sinews of Peace" speech, coining the phrase "iron curtain" to refer to the Soviet intentions in Europe. The sculpture was cast in London and unveiled at the American Embassy in London in January 1970, with Churchill's widow, Lady Spencer-Churchill in attendance. The artist, a Czechoslovakian native who first saw Churchill in an army camp in England in 1940, stated that he "wanted to sculpt him as I saw him that day," including "standing four-square in the face of adversity with an expression of cheerful determination." IAS files contain: a copy of the Churchill Memorial News, June 1971, which includes a reprint of an editorial from the Kansas City Times, May 15, 1971; an article from the New York Times, Oct. 5, 1959, sect. 10; and two clippings from the Kingdom Daily News: Jan. 23, 1971, and May 13, 1971, the former with discussion of the unveiling in London. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS MO000375   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MO000375 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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