Maze, Paul Lucien (French/English, 1887-1979), Grenadiers in Formation, oil pastel on paper, 14.5 x 20.75 inches, signed lower left, Provenance: John Noot, Worcestershire, England, framed with French mats and Hogarth style gilded and black lacquered frame measuring 26.5 x 32.5 inches, Maze befriended Winston Churchill while both were in the Royal Scots Greys and the two remained lifelong friends. Churchill, himself an artist with more than 500 works to his credit, accounts Maze and John Singer Sargent amongst his artistic influences. Churchill also wrote the foreword to Maze's 1934 book, "A Frenchman in Khaki" which recounted much of their war service. Maze retired from the army in 1945 and painted well into his 70s.

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