“David Coombs”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

David John Coombs (born February 1937) is a British author, historian, and teacher. 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 Winston Churchill's art work, publishing two books on the subject (1967 and 2003). He has been described as "the official authority on Churchill's art."^[1] 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.^[2]

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1. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/9330891/Sir-Winston-Churchill-painting-to-fetch-750000.html|title=Sir Winston Churchill painting to fetch £750,000|date=June 14, 2012|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=26 January 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalchurchillmuseum.org/the-artist-winston-churchill.html|title=The Artist Winston Churchill|work=National Churchill Museum|accessdate=26 January 2014}}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Coombs|first=David|title=Churchill: His Paintings|url=https://www.amazon.com/Churchill-His-Paintings-David-Coombs/dp/B0000CNL45|date=January 1, 1967|publisher=Hamish Hamilton|isbn=978-1299694712}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19726953|title=Sir Winston Churchill's life through his paintings / David Coombs with Minnie Churchill; foreword by Mary Soames|work=National Library of Australia|accessdate=26 January 2014}}
5. ^{{cite book|last1=Churchill|first1=Minnie|last2=Coombs|first2=David|title=Sir Winston Churchill: His Life and His Paintings|url=https://www.amazon.ca/Sir-Winston-Churchill-Life-Paintings/dp/0956771513|date=October 1, 2013|publisher=Unicorn Press|isbn=978-0956771513}}