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Obama, Michelle portraits to be unveiled Monday at National Portrait Gallery
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 2/11/2018 | staff

Posted on 02/12/2018 4:53:07 AM PST by simpson96

WASHINGTON — The National Portrait Gallery will unveil official portraits of former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle on Monday — with the art world wondering how they will be portrayed by the noted African-American artists they selected to portray them.

Obama, the nation’s first African-American president, selected Kehinde Wiley; Mrs. Obama picked Amy Sherald. Both artists are known for their painting of African-Americans.

Wiley and Sherald are the first African-Americans to be commissioned by the gallery to paint official portraits.

The gallery, part of the Smithsonian Institution, has the only complete collection of presidential portraits outside of the White House.

Obama’s portrait will be installed in the “America’s Presidents” gallery and Mrs. Obama’s picture will be on display in another part of the museum.

Both Obama and Mrs. Obama will attend the event, to be livestreamed by the portrait gallery starting at 9 a.m. Chicago time.

The National Gallery began commissioning presidential portraits in 1994, starting with President George H.W. Bush. The initial first lady commission was in 2006 with Hillary Clinton.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.suntimes.com ...


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To: Sacajaweau

Both of us had “American” mothers . . .

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN????


21 posted on 02/12/2018 7:39:56 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: montag813

LOL! Love it!


22 posted on 02/12/2018 7:40:31 AM PST by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: All
Here it is. Looks nothing like her!

Also looks just like something a high-schooler with a modicum of drawing talent would turn out.


23 posted on 02/12/2018 7:41:58 AM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96
This is the one that should be displayed til a photo of the traitor bastards swinging from a gallows can be arranged:

             

24 posted on 02/12/2018 7:49:53 AM PST by tomkat
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To: simpson96
I saw this on the news a little while ago. They're BOTH horrible!

...and the paintings are terrible, too.

25 posted on 02/12/2018 7:51:15 AM PST by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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To: simpson96

That isn’t the real portrait is it?


26 posted on 02/12/2018 7:52:43 AM PST by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: dforest

It is. Par for the course, with that one.


27 posted on 02/12/2018 7:54:06 AM PST by simpson96
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To: COBOL2Java

That would be a great place to arrest Hussein Obama for releasing top secret drone technology to the Iranians who reverse engineered a captured drone but the muslim in the WH wouldn’t order an air strike against a fellow muslim country to destroy the captured drone.

The cash infusion of $1.7B in cash on pallets insured the development of Iran’s clone drone.


28 posted on 02/12/2018 8:01:02 AM PST by RideForever
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To: dforest

These Presidential Portraits are supposed to be “Life like” portraits...not some artists free for all.


29 posted on 02/12/2018 8:13:46 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: simpson96
Obama Portrait Artist Also Painted Black Women Holding Severed White Heads

Wiley1

Wiley2

30 posted on 02/12/2018 2:12:24 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Pravious

It was their choice and they wanted to elevate artists they admire. What’s the problem with that? Obama at least chose someone who could paint his likeness but who sat him in the bushes. Mrs Obama chose poorly for both the likeness and focus part.


31 posted on 02/13/2018 4:52:15 AM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: skr

It was their choice and they wanted to elevate artists they admire. What’s the problem with that?

What’s wrong with that is that they didn’t choose the artists solely based on their work, but on their skin color - and that’s called racism.


32 posted on 02/13/2018 6:51:49 AM PST by Pravious
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