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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Harriet Sherwood

Artist hopes rare signed portrait of Churchill will fetch £1m at auction

A man in a leather hat grins in front of a painting he created
Paul Trevillion pictured in 2016 with his portrait of Churchill in the background. Photograph: VanessaChampion.co.uk

At the age of 90, and with a successful career as a sports artist under his belt, there is one work of which Paul Trevillion is particularly proud. Perhaps surprisingly, it isn’t among his portraits of legendary stars such as Sugar Ray Robinson, Pelé, Muhammad Ali, George Best, Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods.

It is an image of another of Trevillion’s heroes: a pen-and-ink drawing of Winston Churchill created in 1955, and carrying a rare signature of the UK’s wartime leader.

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