Three members of the Churchill family have created artwork that will be displayed in Fulton's Churchill Museum until Nov. 1.
The artwork is a loan from the family of the late Julian Sandys and from Richard Mahoney of St. Louis and features 17 pieces done by Churchill's daughter Sarah, his nephew John Spencer-Churchill, his granddaughter Edwina Sandys and himself, according to a press release.
The collection includes four portraits of Churchill, six paintings of his funeral, three oil paintings of Churchill's own work and several others, according to the release. Spencer-Churchill created the funeral paintings from memory the following day of the ceremony.
The sculpture "Breakthrough," which has been on display outside the museum since 1990 was created by Edwina Sandys from eight sections of the Berlin Wall. Initially the 4-foot-wide pieces of the wall would have cost $60,000 to $200,000, but officials donated the eight sections as a gift to Westminster College, according to the museum's website.
Also included in the exhibit are a small marble study for "Breakthrough" and two other paintings by Sandys.
The exhibit is precursory to "The Paintings of Sir Winston Churchill" exhibit at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis. That exhibit will be open from Nov. 13 to Feb. 14, 2016.