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Mark Churms - Artist Details and Print Database

Mark Churms

Mark was born in Wales in 1967. He gained his degree in Architectural Studies at Oxford Polytechnic in 1989, but soon his interest in drawing buildings was surpassed by his love of painting horses and in 1991 he began work as a freelance artist. His first commissions were for sporting subjects, Polo, Racing and Hunting. However his consuming passion for military history, particularly of the Napoleonic era, quickly became his dominant theme, with the invaluable counsel of French military experts (accuracy in uniform and terrain of the various battles takes a great deal of time and consultation with many experts across Europe). Mark Churms joined Cranston Fine Arts in 1991 and for a period of 8 years, was commissioned for several series and special commissions. His series of the Zulu War, and of the Battle of Waterloo were the highlights during this period. Mark Churms' deep understanding and detailed knowledge of the period made Mark at that time one of the most prolific and successfull artists for Cranston Fine Arts. Cranston Fine Arts are proud with their series of superb art prints and original paintings painted by Mark Churms in this period. We now offer Mark Churms art prints in special 2 and 4 print packs with great discounts as well as a number of selected original paintings at upto half price.

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Mark Churms Art Prints, Paintings and Drawings

The General's Escort by Mark Churms.


The General's Escort by Mark Churms.
4 of 5 editions available.
£30.00 - £80.00

The Courageous Twelve (Meuse Argonne Offensive, 26th September 1918) by Mark Churms


The Courageous Twelve (Meuse Argonne Offensive, 26th September 1918) by Mark Churms
4 editions.
£50.00 - £100.00

Charge of the Union Brigade by Mark Churms.


Charge of the Union Brigade by Mark Churms.
4 of 5 editions available.
£2.20 - £105.00


West Tip by Mark Churms.


West Tip by Mark Churms.
2 of 3 editions available.
£20.00 - £48.00

Sowar of Probyns Horse Engages Mutineers at Lucknow, 1857 by Mark Churms. (P)


Sowar of Probyns Horse Engages Mutineers at Lucknow, 1857 by Mark Churms. (P)
One edition.
£300.00

Wellington Leaving Quatre Bras for Waterloo by Mark Churms.


Wellington Leaving Quatre Bras for Waterloo by Mark Churms.
4 editions.
£30.00 - £85.00


Officer, RHA, Belgium 1815 by Mark Churms.


Officer, RHA, Belgium 1815 by Mark Churms.
3 of 5 editions available.
£35.00 - £90.00

Grenadiers, 1829 by Mark Churms. (P)


Grenadiers, 1829 by Mark Churms. (P)
One edition.
£175.00

Battle for Tumbledown by Mark Churms.


Battle for Tumbledown by Mark Churms.
6 editions.
£2.20 - £3000.00


Eve of Distinction by Mark Churms.


Eve of Distinction by Mark Churms.
5 editions.
£2.20 - £5000.00

Charge of the Life Guards by Mark Churms.


Charge of the Life Guards by Mark Churms.
6 editions.
£2.20 - £7000.00

John Chard, 1879 by Mark Churms. (P)


John Chard, 1879 by Mark Churms. (P)
One edition.
£220.00


Original Oil Study of the Charge of the Union Brigade painting by Mark Churms. (P)


Original Oil Study of the Charge of the Union Brigade painting by Mark Churms. (P)
One edition.
£280.00

Charge of the 16th Lancers at the Battle of Aliwal by Mark Churms.


Charge of the 16th Lancers at the Battle of Aliwal by Mark Churms.
3 of 4 editions available.
£30.00 - £60.00

La Gueper Espagnol by Mark Churms.


La Gueper Espagnol by Mark Churms.
3 editions.
£20.00 - £45.00


Lucknow 1857 - Queens Bays Trooper Engaging Mutinous Officer by Mark Churms. (P)


Lucknow 1857 - Queens Bays Trooper Engaging Mutinous Officer by Mark Churms. (P)
One edition.
£145.00

Desert Orchid by Mark Churms.


Desert Orchid by Mark Churms.
2 editions.
£35.00 - £90.00

Lucknow 1857, Trooper and Trumpeter of the Queens Bays by Mark Churms. (P)


Lucknow 1857, Trooper and Trumpeter of the Queens Bays by Mark Churms. (P)
One edition.
£260.00


Hearts of Oak by Mark Churms.


Hearts of Oak by Mark Churms.
3 editions.
£30.00 - £110.00

Plugging the Gap by Mark Churms.


Plugging the Gap by Mark Churms.
6 editions.
£2.20 - £5600.00

Sikander Sahib's Yellow Boys by Mark Churms.


Sikander Sahib's Yellow Boys by Mark Churms.
4 editions.
£50.00 - £130.00


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Text for the above items :

The General's Escort by Mark Churms.

Depicting Polish Lancers escorting a generals carriage as they pass through an infantry bivouac during the Hundred Days Campaign.


The Courageous Twelve (Meuse Argonne Offensive, 26th September 1918) by Mark Churms

The Yanks are coming over there and on the offensive! American Doughboys from a dozen states valiantly press through the tangle of forest, overrunning German resistance as they advance, troops from Colorado, Kansas, Massachusetts, Montana, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregan, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wyoming and Virginia.


Charge of the Union Brigade by Mark Churms.

At about 2.00pm the Union Brigade crashes through the ranks on Napoleons Ist Infantry Corps. The 2nd Royal North British Dragoons (later known as The Scots Greys) on the far left of the line, plow through Marcognets division, only Duruttes division will escape intact. With Brigade General Ponsortby at their head, elements of the now disordered Cavalry charge on to the French artillery. Even though, at close quarters, the Gunners and attached Infantry are no match for the wild Scots, they desperately try to save their 12 pounder field pieces. However the British heavy Cavalry is now out of control and Napoleons retribution will be swift. From the undulating ground before Paillotte comes the thunder of hooves and the deadly lances of 4th Regiment and the 3th Chasseurs a Cheval. In the confusion many of the British soldiers are completely unaware of the onslaught as the fresh French Cavalry sweeps through their flank. Ponsonbys mount leaps through the mud as the exhausted Brigade is herded together for the final kill. Even against all odds the brave men continue to fight. The Brigade General himself will shortly be sabred by Sergeant Urban as he attempts to capture the eagle of the 4th Lancers.


West Tip by Mark Churms.

Champion racing horse West Tip at Cheltenham race course.


Sowar of Probyns Horse Engages Mutineers at Lucknow, 1857 by Mark Churms. (P)

Study for the original painting Charge and Pursue.


Wellington Leaving Quatre Bras for Waterloo by Mark Churms.

Wellington watches as his army retires from the battle field area of Quatrebras


Officer, RHA, Belgium 1815 by Mark Churms.

Through the driving rain, Captain Mercer (G, troop Royal Horse Artillery), riding his charger Cossack leads his battery to the ridge of Mount Saint Jean on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo.


Grenadiers, 1829 by Mark Churms. (P)

Study for the original painting March Past of the Grenadier Guards.


Battle for Tumbledown by Mark Churms.

With Fixed Bayonets soldiers of 2nd battalion Scots Guards clear enemy positions of 5th Argentine Marine Battalion on the slopes of Tumbledown


Eve of Distinction by Mark Churms.

Lt. John Rouse Merriot Chard, Royal Engineers.At about 3.30 on the afternoon of 22nd January 1879, Lieutenant John Rouse Merriot Chard, Royal Engineers, was supervising repairs on the military pont on the Mzinyathi river, at the border crossing at Rorkes Drift, when survivors brought news that the advanced British camp at Isandhlwana had been over-run by the Zulus, and that a wing of the Zulu army was on its way to attack Rorkes Drift. Chard ordered Driver Robson to pack up the wagon and return to the mission station, where a stockpile of supplies was under the guard of B Company, 2/24th Regiment. Chard, in consultation with his fellow officers, made the historic decision to make a stand at Rorkes Drift.


Charge of the Life Guards by Mark Churms.

Captain Montague Lind, leading a Squadron of the 1st Life Guards against the 12th regiment of Cuirassiers during the battle of waterloo, Hougoumont Farm can be seen in the distance.


John Chard, 1879 by Mark Churms. (P)

Study for the original painting Eve of Distinction.


Original Oil Study of the Charge of the Union Brigade painting by Mark Churms. (P)

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Charge of the 16th Lancers at the Battle of Aliwal by Mark Churms.

The 16th Lancers were part of General Sir Harry Smith's army consisitng of the British and Bengali army of 12,000 men and 30 guns against the Sikh army of 30,000 men and 67 guns of Ranjodh Singh during the First Sikh War which was fought on the 28th January 1846 in the Punjab in the North West of India. This painting depicts the 16th Lancers which were part of Brigadier Macdowell's brigade consisitng of the 16th Queen's Lancers, 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry and 4th Bengal Irregular Cavalry. The 16th Lancers charged several times during the action, breaking a number of Sikh infantry squares and overrunning a battery of Sikh artillery. The Lancers are shown wearing over their chapkas the white cotton cover which had been adopted for service in the tropics.


La Gueper Espagnol by Mark Churms.

French dragoons attack a Spanish farmhouse where they believe Spanish guerillas are hiding.


Lucknow 1857 - Queens Bays Trooper Engaging Mutinous Officer by Mark Churms. (P)

Study for the original painting Charge and Pursue.


Desert Orchid by Mark Churms.

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Lucknow 1857, Trooper and Trumpeter of the Queens Bays by Mark Churms. (P)

Study for the original painting Charge and Pursue.


Hearts of Oak by Mark Churms.

In January 1793 the 1st Battalion of the 29th Foot leaves Windsor for Hilsea to board Royal Navy fighting ships as there is a shortage of marines. Their new roll is to counter enemy musket fire from the upper decks, to lead boarding parties and to maintain discipline of the crew. They are specially equipped with a new working rig but still retain their full dress red coats and powdered hair (curled locks above the ear are removed) for combat. The regiment joins The British Channel Fleet under Admiral Earl Howe, and detachments are allocated to the following ships of the line; H.M.S. Glory, Thunderer, Alfred, Pegasus and Ramilles. 78 soldiers under the command of Cpt. Alexander Saunders are also placed aboard Captain Harveys 74 gun H.M.S. Brunswick. Howes ships are sent to intercept a fleet, of similar size that has put out from Brest to escort a large convoy of food from America, destined for Revolutionary France. The two fleets make contact but fog prevents an engagement until 1 Oarn on the first day of June 1794. Now, in bright sunshine, the order is given to attack! Brunswick is directly astern of Howes flag ship as the French line is broken. She quickly engages Le Vengeur with which she becomes dangerously entangled. Broadsides are exchanged at point blank range! Sails are shot to ribbons, masts and rigging fall. Grenades, carronades and musketry find their targets and casualties mount. Nevertheless, the ships band, joined by a negro regimental drummer on the quarter deck, keep up moral by playing the new and popular air Hearts Of Oak. The two ships drift helplessly as another French man-of-war, Achille, comes in for the kill but the British gunners deliver such a devastating broadside into this new assailant that she is completely demasted and strikes her colours! In the firefight the figure head, an effigy of the Duke of Brunswick, has its carved wooden hat blown clean away. So, Captain Harvey calmly replaces the loss with his own cocked hat! The captain himself receives a blow to the hand and is subsequently mortally wounded with a section of chain-shot. Cpt. Saunders is killed by a snipers bullet and Lt. Harcourt Vernon (wearing short, non regulation boots to facilitate amputation) is soon wounded as well. The decks are cleared of downed masts and rigging, the dead also go over the side. cl At about one oclock the two interlocked ships are separated by a swell and Harveys brothers ship Ramilles cornes to the Brunsivicks assistance. The crippled Vengeur cannot compete with the skill of English gunnery and the ship is raked from end to end by galling fire. Cheers ring out as she surrenders and hoists the Union Jack. The rest of the French fleet breaks off the engagement. Six of their ships are out of action and Le Vengeur is so very badly holed that she eventually sinks (many of her crew refusing to abandon her. Singing the Marseillaise they re-hoist her battle flag as they slip to their watery grave) This British fleet returns in triumph to Spithead. However, the scene on the Brunswicks splintered poop deck is one of utter devastation. The regiment has 13 officers and men killed, another 18 are wounded and nearly quarter of the ships company is lost. This hard won victory is commemorated by the regiment with Naval Crown (awarded to the regiment in 1909, an honour shared only by the Queens Regiment) and by the adoption of the tune played throughout the height of battle, Hearts of Oak.


Plugging the Gap by Mark Churms.

Lt Gonville Bromhead stands over Private Hitch, B Co. 2/24th. Rorkes Drift, front barricade


Sikander Sahib's Yellow Boys by Mark Churms.

The colour and pageantry of the Raj is exemplified by a full-dress review in honour of the Viceroys visit to Luknow in 1899. The famous regiment of Bengal Lancers known as Skinners Horse, or Sikander Sahibs Yellow Boys receive the salutes from British Army staff officers. Also present are the 3rd Hussars.

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