The theft of an iconic Churchill portrait by Yousuf Karsh went unnoticed for months. But two years later, the police have tracked down the photograph. By Ian Austen Like many people in Ottawa ...
Yousuf Karsh, the late Armenian-Canadian photographer, took the photo in 1941 after Churchill addressed the Canadian parliament on Dec 30. The photograph shows the British war-time prime minister ...
It was a legacy of Yousuf Karsh, the portrait photographer of royalty, politicians, artists, actors and authors who long lived in the hotel and operated his studio there. Just over two years ago ...
The signed copy of Yousuf Karsh’s Roaring Lion portrait fetched a fraction of the price that other copies of the portrait have gained at Sotheby’s, and well below its insurance value.
Jeffrey Wood, 43, is accused of stealing the original portrait and replacing it with a fake, complete with Karsh's forged signature. According to court records obtained by CBC, Wood is facing six ...
Opera Louisiane has appointed Grammy Award-winning tenor Paul Groves as its new general director. Groves, a Lake Charles native, brings with him an illustrious career that has graced the world’s ...
Winston Churchill will soon be scowling once again from the walls of the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa thanks to an international police effort that tracked down the stolen portrait of the former ...
‘The Roaring Lion’ portrait of a 67-year-old Winston Churchill taken in 1941 by Armenian-Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh is one of the most enduring photographs of Britain’s Prime ...
Yousuf Karsh’s photo of Britain’s wartime prime minister – which appears on the British five-pound note – was stolen from the Fairmont Château Laurier hotel during a COVID-19 lockdown.
The 1941 image by Armenian photographer Yousuf Karsh appeared on the cover of Life magazine and is now featured on Britain’s five-pound note. Karsh took the photograph after Churchill delivered ...
The ‘Roaring Lion’ portrait of the late British prime minister had been gifted to the Fairmont Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa by the late Armenian-born Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh.
The "Roaring Lion" portrait of the late British prime minister had been presented to the Fairmont Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa by the late Armenian-Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh.