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IT IS FASCINATING to think about the inter-relationships of art and politics. In England it was not unusual for politicians to have some knowledge and love of art. In the late twenties, when Anthony Eden entered the House of Commons he not only had famous film-star looks, spoke fluent French and was a good Arabist, hut he was also a purchaser of Cezanne oils. Of course the hereditary peers came from stately homes so that from birth they were acquainted with Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds. Some of them, even the most important, could themselves paint, for example Winston Churchill, who was a competent--just--off painter. Jenny Lee, England's first Minister of the ...