Edwina with Child, UN, New York, 1979
Artist Edwina Sandys, Churchill’s granddaughter, is inspired by her New York home and her great ancestor. By Anthony Haden-Guest
Art wasn’t Edwina Sandys’s first choice when it came to deciding on an occupation. That was in the early ’70s, when she was married to Piers Dixon (1928-2017), son of the British Ambassador to France, with two sons. ‘I thought, what next? I should be doing something,’ says Edwina, 83. But what? ‘Then I thought, well, we’ve got a family business.’ ...
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