Winston Churchill - Fulton, Missouri - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

The statue is of Winston Churchill standing wearing an overcoat. He is holding cane in his right hand.

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From the Smithsonian website:
"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."

TITLE: Winston Churchill ARTIST(S): Franta Belsky, sculptor. DATE: Cast 1970. Installed May 14, 1971. Dedicated May 16, 1971. MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MO000375 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Westminister College Winston Churchill Memorial and Library 7th & Westminster Avenues Churchill Quadrangle Plaza Fulton, Missouri DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None noted

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