Winston Churchill
Yousuf Karsh, Winston Churchill, 1941 (negative); printed later, gelatin silver print, Bequest of Fae Heath Batten, © Estate of Yousuf Karsh, 1997.58.82
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- Title
Winston Churchill
- Date
1941 (negative); printed later
- Medium
gelatin silver print
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image/sheet: 19 1/2 in x 15 3/8 in
- Collection Area
Photography
- Category
Photographs
- Object Type
photograph
- Culture
American
Canadian
- Credit Line
Bequest of Fae Heath Batten
- Accession Number
1997.58.82
- Copyright
© Estate of Yousuf Karsh
- Terms
Yousuf Karsh immigrated to Canada in 1925 after fleeing political and cultural strife in Turkey. He settled in Québec, where he worked in his uncle’s photography studio, and later apprenticed with a photographer in Boston. In 1931, he opened his own photography studio in Ottawa, Ontario, the capital of Canada, and quickly built a clientele of political figures. This photograph of Winston Churchill, which depicts the British Prime Minister as a steadfast wartime leader, garnered international acclaim and solidified Karsh’s position as a photographer of the world’s luminaries.
- Exhibitions
2011 One Woman’s Legacy: Selections from the Fae Heath Batten Photography Bequest Portland Art Museum
