• Sitting (Still) For History

  • Nov 19 2024
  • Length: 24 mins
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Sitting (Still) For History

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  • Every time a president leaves office they're asked to do something that might not come naturally-- sit still, be quiet and surrender to someone else's work. In other words, they have their portrait painted.

    The National Portrait Gallery and the White House Historical Association both commission portraits of the outgoing president and first lady. Several of the paintings have become iconic images, stamped on history. Others have been known to stop viewers in their tracks. Some have been unloved.

    In this episode Kim and WHHA president Stewart McLaurin compare notes on some of the most storied paintings of first couples in their care.

    See the portraits we discussed:

    George Washington (Lansdowne portrait), by Gilbert Stuart

    John F. Kennedy, by Aaron Shikler

    Lyndon B. Johnson, by Peter Hurd

    Lyndon B. Johnson, by Elizabeth Shoumatoff

    Michelle Obama, by Sharon Sprung

    Michelle Obama, by Amy Sherald
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