News about Stephen Dillane

The Houses of Parliament had commissioned British artist Graham Sutherland to paint a portrait of the then prime minister for his 80th birthday in 1954. An episode of hit Netflix drama The Crown revolved around the creation of the painting and showed Sir Winston's wife Clementine watching it go up in flames following its unveiling. Sir Winston - who was depicted by John Lithgow - was seen branding the portrait a 'humiliation' (top right) as he shouted at Stephen Dillane's Sutherland. The real Churchill - who was in his second and final stint in Downing Street - described it to his doctor as 'filthy and malignant' and threatened not to attend the unveiling ceremony inside Westminster Hall. Although he did show up (bottom right), he damned Sutherland's painting with faint praise by telling massed MPs and dignitaries that it was a 'remarkable example of modern art'. The painting (inset bottom left) was later taken to Chartwell and was eventually burned on the orders of Clementine Churchill. Sutherland's preliminary work was one of several sketches and oil studies he produced before crafting the final version.

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