David John Coombs (born February 1937) is a British

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, and

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. He is a former editor of the '' Antique Collector'' and was a columnist for the British weekly trade magazine, '' Antiques Gazette''. Coombs is best known for his research on

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's art work, publishing two books on the subject (1967 and 2003). He has been described as "the official authority on Churchill's art." He produced and later revivised a catalogue which brings together all of Churchill's 500 or so paintings and 2 sculptures, in which each piece has been given a number prefixed with the letter C for ''Coombs''. This catalogue also exist in the form of a digital archive of the paintings. His 1967 catalogue was described as "an indispensable catalogue" of Churchill's art.

Bibliography

* ''Churchill: His Paintings'', by David Coombs (1967) * ''Sir Winston Churchill's Life Through His Paintings,'' by David Coombs with Minnie Churchill (2003) * ''Sir Winston Churchill: His Life and His Paintings'', by Minnie Churchill and David Coombs (2013)

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