Paul Maze

Paul Lucien Maze (1887-1979)

was a well-known painter in oil, pastel and watercolour of landscapes, coastal scenes, figure subjects and still life. Born at Le Havre, France he was brought up in an artistic atmosphere through his father’s connection with the great French painters of that generation. He served with the Royal Scots Greys in World War I, which is how he came to meet his close friend Winston Churchill. After the war he worked in France and Germany and then came to England where in 1921 he married the widow of a British army officer. The family settled in London and Maze exhibited in France, Britain and America, and held numerous one-man shows internationally, including at Wildenstein and Marlborough Fine Art. In 1934 he published ‘A Frenchman in Khaki’ for which Churchill wrote the preface. After a divorce from his first wife in 1949 he married Jessie Lawrie and in 1950 they moved from a cottage at Harting in West Sussex to the nearby village of Treyford, settling at Mill Cottage where he was to live until his death. Jessie Maze featured in many of the artist’s works from the 1930s on. His work is represented in a large number of public collections including The Tate Gallery, Government Art Collection, Glasgow Museums, Manchester City Galleries and Southampton City Art Gallery.

Current Works

Paul Maze – Harbour Scene