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At right is a painting of Grace ... selected by First Lady Nancy Reagan. Barbara Bush in the White House China Room, 1991. ... President's House. Washington, D.C ...
Presidents will often display the official portraits of former presidents whom they admire in the Oval Office or elsewhere around the White House, loaned from the National Portrait Gallery. The gallery has collected presidential portraits since its creation in 1962, and began commissioning their portraits in 1994, starting with George H. W. Bush .
It comprises paintings, sculptures, and other art forms. [3] At times, the collection grows from a president's specific request, such as when Ronald Reagan began collecting the work of naval artist Tom Freeman in 1986, a tradition that continued through the Obama years. [4]
First Lady Nancy Reagan raised eyebrows in 1981 when it was revealed that her renovations to the White House had cost around $1 million (in private donations), and that the administration had ...
Americo, with Eva and A.B., personally presented the 60 inch by 40 inch painting to President Reagan in the oval office of the White House on March 29, 1984, with the American Hungarian Federation. [52] [53] Two additional portraits were also presented to the first family. Americo painted President Reagan with the Space Shuttle in the
English: Official Portrait of Nancy Reagan in The Red Room, 2/7/1981. Date: Taken on 7 February 1981: Source: ... Reagan White House Photographs, 1/20/1981 - 1/20 ...
The President's House. White House Historical Association and the National Geographic Society: 1986. ISBN 0-912308-28-1. Seale, William, The White House: The History of an American Idea. White House Historical Association: 1992, 2001. ISBN 0-912308-85-0. West, J.B. with Mary Lynn Kotz. Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies.
Khachigian writes about an angry Nancy Reagan berating White House chief of staff James Baker for ordering the president’s speechwriter not to attack Democratic candidate Walter Mondale by name ...