Exhibition of paintings by Hassan El Glaoui and Moroccan artist Hassan El Glaoui opens in El Glaoui . Hassan El Glaoui credited with allowing El Glaoui , son of the Pasha of Marrakech , to pursue dream of painting . Paintings by Churchill now command high figures -- a painting of his home , Chartwell , sold for Â£1 million ( $ 1.5 million ) at an auction at Sotheby 's auction house in London in 2007 -- but when he first picked up a brush he was 40 years old and at a low point in his life . the Pasha of Marrakech was important to Churchill ; his only painting from World War II is of the city . Though he was an amateur artist , paintings by Churchill can now command up to $ 1 million at auction .
Exhibition of paintings by Hassan El Glaoui and Moroccan artist Hassan El Glaoui opens in El Glaoui . Hassan El Glaoui credited with allowing El Glaoui , son of the Pasha of Marrakech , to pursue dream of painting . the Pasha of Marrakech was important to Churchill ; his only painting from World War II is of the city . Though he was an amateur artist , paintings by Churchill can now command up to $ 1 million at auction .