The President’s Art Gallery: Highlights of the White House Art Collection
Note: Please click on each image to highlight the individual work of art. It may not be 2012 yet, but the political pundits are already speculating who will be the next president of the United States....
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: Presidents’ Day Part II—The Charismatic Lincoln
In February,1860, the same year of George Healy’s portrait of Abraham Lincoln shown below, the future president presented a major speech at the Cooper Union in New York City. However, according to...
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When was the last time you heard an American president talk about the arts, particularly their importance in our society overall? Back on February 18, 1784, in a letter to a local bookseller in...
View ArticleArts Everyday Living: U.S. Presidents & The Arts–John F. Kennedy, A Vision...
John F. Kennedy was in office for just over a1000 days, yet his legacy endures, especially his commitment to promoting the arts. Artist Aaron Shikler, in his posthumous portrait of the youthful...
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