David Coombs

Who is David Coombs?

David Coombs is a British author, historian, and teacher. He is a former editor of the Antique Collector and was a columnist for the British weekly trade magazine, Antiques Gazette. He was a history teacher for many years at the Westlake School for Girls and later at the Harvard-Westlake School.

Coombs is best known for his research on Winston Churchill's art work, publishing two books on the subject. He has been described as "the official authority on Churchill's art." He produced and later revivised a catalogue which brings together all of Churchill's 500 or so paintings and 2 sculptures, in which each piece has been given a number prefixed with the letter C for Coombs. This catalogue also exist in the form of a digital archive of the paintings. His 1967 catalogue was described as "an indispensable catalogue" of Churchill's art.