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 Ontario man who pleaded guilty to stealing an iconic portrait of former British prime minister Winston Churchill said he ...

The "Roaring Lion" portrait, which was taken after the wartime leader delivered a rousing speech in Canada in 1941, was stolen from a hotel in Ottawa and replaced with a fake.

For many years, the portrait had hung at the Fairmont Château ... The 1941 image by Armenian photographer Yousuf Karsh appeared on the cover of Life magazine and is now featured on Britain ...

A Canadian man who stole an iconic portrait of a scowling Winston Churchill has been sentenced to two years in jail, ...

In what the judge likened to a crime against history, culture and national pride, the thief who stole the original Yousuf ...

(Estate of Yousuf Karsh/Library and Archives Canada) “It was actually the portrait that launched his international career and is considered one of the most widely reproduced images in the ...

A Canadian man who pleaded guilty to stealing an iconic portrait of Sir Winston Churchill from a storied Ottawa hotel more ...

But it was the black and white portrait of Churchill ... because it had been gifted to the hotel by Yousuf Karsh, it is only right that it remains there.” Sotheby’s reimbursed the purchase ...

In 1929, Yousuf Karsh, one of the most noted portrait photographers of the 20th century, began his career in Boston. After many years in Canada, he later returned, spending the final five years of ...