This exhibition and catalogue are a tribute to the enduring and celebrated friendship between two extraordinary personalities, two  great families, two countries, united by a vast creative spirit which inscribes them in the history of great civilisations. With the affection, respect, humour and modesty inherent to the complicity present in such friendships, Celia Sandys, the grand-daughter of Winston Churchill from the start positions each protagonist in the framework of history of art: “Hassan el Glaoui is a professional artist. Winston Churchill was a Sunday painter”.