While the painting itself was destroyed, a painted study of Churchill — created by Sutherland in preparation for the infamous birthday portrait — had been on display at the UK’s Blenheim ...

While the painting itself was destroyed, a painted study of Churchill — created by Sutherland in preparation for the infamous birthday portrait — had been on display at the UK’s Blenheim ...

Commissioned for the-then Prime Minister’s 80th birthday, the much-maligned and ultimately destroyed painting had another version that’s just sold for the first time.

A portrait of Winston Churchill by modernist artist Graham Sutherland went on display Tuesday ahead of an auction in June; the British leader loathed the artist's work.

A painting of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work he hated is up for auction Graham Sutherland was commissioned by the Houses of Parliament to paint Winston ...

While the painting itself was destroyed, a painted study of Churchill — created by Sutherland in preparation for the infamous birthday portrait — had been on display at the UK’s Blenheim ...

A member of the staff from Sotheby’s poses for the media with a portrait of the iconic former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, painted by Graham Sutherland in 1954, at Blenheim Palace ...

By Caitlin Chatterton, CNN (CNN) — “That is not a painting, it’s a humiliation!” Winston Churchill (played by John Lithgow) angrily tells the renowned painter Graham Sutherland (actor ...

LONDON (AP) — A portrait of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work the British leader loathed went on display Tuesday at Churchill’s birthplace ahead of an auction in June.

LONDON (AP) — A portrait of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work the British leader loathed went on display Tuesday at Churchill’s birthplace ahead of an auction in June.