Paul lucien maze biography of martin

  • 1887 - d.
  • Biography.
  • Paul Lucien Maze (1887-1979) was regarded as one of the great artists of his generation and “learned the rudiments of painting from family.

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    “Paint like you write or speak. You can do it – every stroke of the brush must be a statement felt & seen…”

    • Paul Maze, letter to Winston Churchill, 12 November 1936

    As a wordsmith, Churchill was famous for weaving seemingly disparate threads of history and experience, sentiment and perspective to create a cogent and compelling vision. So perhaps it should not be surprising that Churchill was an accomplished and devoted amateur painter; for Churchill, compellingly sharing his perspective was literal as well as figurative, and recreation as well as vocation.

    Churchill first took up painting during the First World War. May 1915 saw Churchill scapegoated for failure in the Dardanelles and slaughter at Gallipoli and forced from his Cabinet position at the Admiralty. By November 1915 Churchill was serving at the Front, leading a battalion in the trenches. But during the summer of 1915, as he battled nedstämdhet, he rented Hoe Farm in Surrey, which he frequented with his wife and

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    Paul Lucien Maze (French, 1887-1979)

    Regent's Park
    signed 'Paul Maze' (lower right); labelled 1329/P.C/ on Paul Maze sticker (on paper verso), pastel
    52.5 x 70cm (20 11/16 x 27 9/16in).

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      Paul Lucien Maze

      (French, 1887-1979)

      Sailing in French waters together with another work by the same hand entitled 'Sailing Boat' (2)

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      25 September 2007, 13:00 BST

      London, Knightsbridge

      Sold for £840 inc. premium

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      Paul Lucien Maze (French, 1887-1979)

      Sailing in French waters
      signed 'Paul Maze'(lower right), watercolour
      17.5 x 30cm (6 7/8 x 11 13/16in).together with another work by the same hand entitled 'Sailing Boat' (2)

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      PROVENANCE:- London, Panter & Hall

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