Sentences with phrase «official portraits»

Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald have been chosen to paint the Obamas» official portraits.

NEWS The official portraits of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are unveiled at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery at a Feb. 12 ceremony in Washington, D.C..

The Obamas» recent selection of artists to paint their official portraits drew attention to the rich tradition of African - American figurative painting.

Sherald and Kehinde Wiley were chosen last year to paint the Obamas's official portraits: the first black artists to paint a presidential couple.

For starters, she left the actor barefoot and played with poses from John F. Kennedy's official portraits, among others.

This is the first time that African American artists have been commissioned for the National Portrait Gallery's official portraits of a President or First Lady, according to the museum.

The official portraits of the Obamas were unveiled last week, demonstrating what is essentially the American version of royal portraiture.

There are two sets of official portraits: one for the White House and one for the National Portrait Gallery.

TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS are painting official portraits of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama for the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.

Hung as a series of official portraits, each painting features an abstraction whose shades and shapes convey the essence of a personality, while weight, hues, and the overlapping layers of painterly substance have a soul of their own.

It helps explain why Barack and Michelle Obama have chosen Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald for their official portraits.

Additionally, he painted official portraits of Senator Robert A. Taft and Connecticut Governor John Lodge.

Official portraits aspire to blandness and -LSB-...]

Barack and Michelle Obama unveiled their official portraits, painted by reowned African - American artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald respectively, at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery this morning.

Before his innovation, photography was a cumbersome and expensive process best suited to solemn official portraits.

Official portraits of Mr. Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, were projected on the wall, the two - story - high images sandwiching the two candidates, Paul J. Massey Jr. and Nicole Malliotakis.

The artist, Simmie Knox — who also did official portraits for then - President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary — recalled Howe giving guidance on how they wanted the painting done, but clammed up when he found out that the lobbyist was under a federal probe.

The White House released official portraits of the president and vice president.

Parliament commissioned official portraits of hundreds of MPs, but Twitter users prefer to see a cartoon detective and a fearful scientist, among others.

The White House has unveiled the first official portrait of First Lady Melania Trump, the Office of the First Lady announced Monday.

Often featured in the news are the new paintings of past Prime Ministers, for example the famous first official portrait of Tony Blair by Phil Hale, added to the Parliamentary Arts collection in 2008.

The official portrait for former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will reportedly cost taxpayers $ 85,000, more than the last three gubernatorial portraits combined.

Former Gov. Mario Cuomo reluctantly accepted a surprise 80th birthday gift from his son and longtime friends: His official portrait to hang in the Hall of governors.

While Cuomo claimed last week that he hardly knew Howe, The Post disclosed that he was so close to the current governor that he served as the «hand model» for the artist who painted that official portrait of Mario Cuomo that hangs opposite the current governor's office at the Capitol.

Former New York governor Mario Cuomo has, for some reason, long declined to sit for an official portrait, resulting in a sad, empty space on the wall of Albany's Hall of Governors.

A New York Post story last month reported Howe was the hand model for the late former Gov. Mario Cuomo's official portrait.

He balked at the idea of an official portrait — an honor his son gave him in 2014 with a portrait unveiling in the Hall of Governors on the Capitol's second floor.

[69] The center held Governor Pataki's official portrait, which was moved to Albany at the end of 2009.

Mario Matthew Cuomo June 15, 1932 — January 1, 2015 Mario Matthew Cuomo June 15, 1932 — January 1, 2015 Official portrait, based on a 1989 photo and as painted by artist Simmie Knox

For years, former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo has refused to sit for his official portrait, leaving a void in the likenesses of former governors that line a corridor in the New York State Capitol.

:: Official portrait photographs of the Speaker and senior officials have been taken at the State Opening of Parliament, costing # 307 in November 2014.

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo claims he barely knows a fired lobbyist under federal investigation — yet he was close enough to the family to be the secret hand model behind Mario Cuomo's official portrait, The Post has learned.

Also on display is the gown royal trendsetter Queen Elizabeth wore for her official portrait to mark her 1977 Silver Jubilee.

He just wants his first official portrait as a woman to be classic and memorable.»

Image via White House Flickr; official portrait by Chuck Kennedy I am trying to find an interesting angle to this whole «The White House just posted Michelle Obama's second official portrait to Flickr» post, and I've got nothing, which must mean this is a successful expression of the form.

Michelle Obama's official portrait will be by the painter Amy Sherald, a rising talent whose first solo museum show will open in May at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis... portraits are a bit like online dating, with subjects paging...

The official portrait of retirement has changed, and it didn't change to this.

The comedian is hoping the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery will consider using his new painting as Trump's official portrait.

It became imperative to me that I convey these qualities in her official portrait.»

Miller - Havens» commissions include the official portrait of Cambridge mayor Alice Wolf and NBA coach Pat Riley.

Among the exhibitions on view: new and recent paintings by Amy Sherald, who created the official portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama.

Georgia native Amy Sherald is being recognized for her distinct portraits of African - Americans, including the upcoming official portrait of Michelle Obama.

Art Fund director Stephen Deuchar said, «The unveiling of a first official portrait of a royal sitter is always an important and intriguing moment, defining and enshrining their public image in a new way.

While Wiley entered the broader cultural context with work featured on, for instance, the hip - hop - infused drama Empire, he became a household name this year when it was announced in October that he would paint Barack Obama's official portrait.

When the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery commissioned Amy Sherald to paint an official portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama last fall, Sherald's name was already on the lips of important art collectors, curators and critics.

What makes an official portrait official?

For this episode of «Art Matters,» BMA Director Christopher Bedford interviews Baltimore - based artist Amy Sherald, who recently received a commission to paint former First Lady Michelle Obama's official portrait.

Across the Channel, Le Figaro (French language article) has brought together its favourite photographers to analyse Soazig de la Moissonnière's official portrait of President Emmanuel Macron, which was unveiled earlier this week.

Finally a big Obama bravo to painter Amy Sherald, 44, of Baltimore, plucked from almost - obscurity by Michelle Obama to paint her official portrait.

In 1994, New York's City Hall commissioned him to paint the official portrait of Mayor David N. Dinkins, and in 1995, the Maryland Institute College of Art awarded him an honorary doctorate.