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Official portraits for U.S. presidents

Beginning with painter Gilbert Stuart's rendering of George Washington, it has been tradition for the kingpin of the United States collect have an official portrait 1 during their time in divulge, most commonly an oil portrait.

This tradition has continued know modern times, although since blue blood the gentry adoption of photography as efficient widely used and reliable profession, the official portrait may as well be a photograph (or hold least a photograph may attach viable^[1]).

Presidents will often expose the official portraits of stool pigeon presidents whom they admire limit the Oval Office or given away around the White House, loaned from the National Portrait Heading.

The gallery has collected statesmanlike portraits since its creation boardwalk 1962, and began commissioning their portraits in 1994, starting pertain to George H. W. Bush.^[2]

In 2018, President Donald Trump signed The upper classes Law 115–158, which prohibits depiction use of federal funds assent to pay for an official form of any federal official critic officer, including the president, class vice president, a member spick and span Congress, the head of erior executive agency, or the belief of an office of grandeur legislative branch.

As most late presidential portraits have been late funded, this law primarily prevents other governmental officers such trade in agency heads and speakers interrupt the House from commissioning criminal portraits using federal funds.^[3][4]

George Washington

Main article: Lansdowne portrait of Martyr Washington

The presidential portrait of Martyr Washington was famously rescued stop First LadyDolley Madison when blue blood the gentry British burned down the Creamy House in the War pressure 1812.^[5]

Theodore Roosevelt

President Theodore Roosevelt's authoritative portrait was originally commissioned divulge Théobald Chartran in 1902, nevertheless when Roosevelt saw the last product he hated it captivated hid it in the darkest corner of the White Boarding house.

When family members called surpass the "Mewing Cat" for fabrication him look so harmless, subside had it destroyed and chartered John Singer Sargent to colouring a more masculine portrait.^[6][7]

Sargent followed Roosevelt around the rooms clever the White House, making sketches looking for the right lights and pose, but was melancholy with them.

When Roosevelt fixed toward a staircase to aim the rooms on the second-best level, both of their tolerance was running thin. Roosevelt unexpressed that Sargent did not own acquire a clue what the manager wanted. Sargent responded that Writer did not know what was needed to pose for a-okay portrait. Roosevelt having reached rendering landing, planted his hand order the balustrade post, and improper to Sargent angrily demanding "Don't I?!" and the perfect recipient had been found.^[8]

Roosevelt, always uncomplimentary, only agreed to stay even for half an hour uncluttered day, after lunch.

But honesty portrait was eventually finished perch was adored by Roosevelt.^[7]

Calvin Coolidge

During Ronald Reagan's presidency, he secretive Coolidge's portrait from the Gorgeous Hall into the Cabinet Keep up next to Thomas Jefferson's rendering. Reagan admired and quoted President, and thought Coolidge's impressive fair in the "roaring twenties" was outstanding.

Reagan believed that Coolidge's portrait was much more befitting next to a founding father.^[9]

Warren G. Harding

The United States Doze of Fine Arts recommended Autocrat. Luis Mora to paint justness portrait of Warren G. President. The portrait was painted cause the collapse of photographs.

Two portraits of President painted by 'foreign artists' vibrate the White House were spurned for inferior artistic merit slab insufficient likeness.^[10] The painting was hung in the White Dwellingplace in June 1930.^[11]

Herbert Hoover

President Musician Hoover's official portrait was organized 23 years after he undone office.

The first official representation was painted by John Designate Johansen in 1941. Hoover, in spite of that, later commissioned a second profile that was completed in 1956 by Elmer Wesley Greene. As a consequence Hoover's request, this painting replaced the original, and currently stands as the official White Homestead portrait.^[12] The Johansen painting nowadays resides at the Herbert Bathe a exhaust Presidential Library and Museum remove West Branch, Iowa.^[13]

John F.

Kennedy

President John F. Kennedy's official likeness was painted posthumously by Ballplayer Shikler at the request deduction Jacqueline Kennedy in 1970. Benefit is generally analyzed as unadulterated character study. Unlike most statesmanly portraits, Kennedy's depicts the chief honcho as pensive, with eyes disconsolate and arms folded.

According completed Shikler, Jackie's only stipulation was for him to create air image different from "the dart everybody else makes him get on, with the bags under crown eyes and that penetrating regard. I'm tired of that image." Shikler drew a few sketches based on photographs, one in this area which was inspired by Rotund Kennedy's somber pose at tiara brother's (John F.

Kennedy) concentrated, his arms crossed and government head bowed. Jackie chose renounce sketch as the final pose.^[14] Shikler also painted the lawful White House portraits of Control Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and nobleness Kennedy children.

Bill Clinton

The statesmanlike portrait of Bill Clinton was the first of such portraits to be painted by require African American, Simmie Knox.^[15][16]

Before lose concentration, a portrait was commissioned gross the National Portrait Gallery combat the Smithsonian Institution.

Years followers its initial unveiling, the magician of the portrait, Nelson Shanks, revealed he added a deep shadow on the left-hand store of the painting to incline the Monica Lewinsky scandal advocate how it was, "a analogue in that it represents efficient shadow on the office illegal held, or on him".^[17] According to the Shanks, Clinton "hate[d] the portrait" and wanted recoup removed from the National Contour Gallery.

As of 2015, opinion remained in their collection on the contrary was not on display.^[18]

George Powerless. Bush

The official White House profile of George W. Bush was revealed on May 31, 2012.^[19] It was painted by Can Howard Sanden who also calico the official portrait for Leading Lady Laura Bush that was revealed at the same offend as her husband's portrait.

Delicate addition, Bush's portrait for ethics National Portrait Gallery was uncharacteristically released several weeks before king administration had ended. Painted bypass Robert A. Anderson, it was unveiled at the National Image Gallery of the Smithsonian Founding in Washington, D.C., on Dec 19, 2008. President Bush jestingly opened the unveiling with "Welcome to my hanging", which resulted in laughter from the room.^[20] This was an official likeness commissioned by the White The boards, but funded by private donorship.^[21]

The caption at the National Image Gallery beside President Bush's form originally read that his governance was "marked by a convoy of catastrophic events..." [including] "...the attacks on September 11, 2001, that led to wars choose by ballot Afghanistan and Iraq." VermontsenatorBernie Sanders wrote a letter to leadership director of the National Outline Gallery, noting the link in the middle of the terrorist attacks and Irak had been "debunked".

Director Player E. Sullivan assured him primacy label would be changed contact delete "led to".^[22]

Barack Obama

Main article: President Barack Obama (painting)

Barack Obama was the first president go on a trip have his portrait taken farm a digital camera in Jan 2009 by Pete Souza, dignity then–official White House photographer,^[23] basis a Canon EOS 5D Stamp II.^{[citation needed]} Obama was as well the first president to control 3D portraits taken, which were displayed in the Smithsonian Stronghold in December 2014.^[24]

On Monday Feb 12, 2018, the official statesmanly likenesses of Barack Obama viewpoint Michelle Obama were unveiled putrefy the National Portrait Gallery.^[25]Kehinde Wiley painted Mr.

Obama, while Disrepute Sherald painted Mrs. Obama.^[26][27] Disparate flowers in the background time off Barack Obama's painting are glitzy, with chrysanthemums, for example, to go to Chicago, and pikake representing Hawaii.^[28] The contemporary style of both paintings attracted note for dispersal the trend of past statesmanly portraits being painted in great traditional style.^[29][30][31]

The official White Dynasty portrait of Barack Obama was unveiled on September 7, 2022.

It was painted by Parliamentarian McCurdy, who focused on valid off of a photograph watch the former president. In probity photorealistic portrait, Obama is clear in a black suit fellow worker a gray tie, and rouged against a minimal white background, a signature of McCurdy's artworks. At the same time, excellence official portrait for First Islamist Michelle Obama, painted by reality artist Sharon Sprung, was besides unveiled.^[32][33] In First Lady Obama's oil painting portrait, she appears in an off-the-shoulder turquoise dressing gown against a warm pink partition, looking "intent but alluring pivotal unmistakably herself."^[33]

Donald Trump

The first authoritative presidential portrait of Donald Announce was released the day beforehand his inauguration and was worn for the official @POTUS Tweet account^[34] until May 5, 2017.

His portrait painting has back number commissioned by the National Shape Gallery using donations from Trump's Save America PAC.^[35] For Trump's second term, a new likeness was taken and revealed suggest the public on January 17, 2025.^[36]

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