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Artists who fell for Morocco

Winston Churchill

Churchill came to Marrakech to paint, and painted it even in the middle of the war.

  • From: United Kingdom
  • Their art: painter
  • In Morocco: 1943 painting
  • Made here or about here: Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque (1943)
  • What you can still see: La Mamounia hotel, Marrakech (Churchill bar)

Where in Morocco

  • Koutoubia Mosque, Marrakech: painted the Koutoubia's tower, his only wartime painting (1943)
  • La Mamounia, Marrakech: a guest of the hotel; a bar is named after him
Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_the_Koutoubia_Mosque
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mamounia

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