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In 2017, for her portrait for the National Portrait Gallery, former First Lady Michelle Obama chose the artist Amy Sherald, who like Obama is African American. [1] Both the President and First Lady met with Sherald as a candidate to paint their respective portraits, but Sherald and Michelle Obama had an immediate connection.
Sherald's creative process began as soon as she learned she'd received the commission, looking up every image of Michelle Obama she could find on the internet. The Obama portrait was a departure for Sherald who had never taken a directed commission before, [31] but in other respects her approach remained the same. She sought to avoid creating a ...
Amy Sherald, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, 2018, oil on linen.National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. The National Portrait Gallery is grateful to the following lead donors for ...
Michelle Obama's official portrait was unveiled inside the Smithsonian Museum -- and like her husband's, it was far from traditional. Painted by artist Amy Sherald, the former FLOTUS is pictured ...
The portrait, painted by Baltimore-based artist Amy Sherald, is artistically peculiar, some have pointed out, while others flat out say it doesn’t look like her at all.
Picturing the Obamas is a 2022 two-part documentary television series by the Smithsonian Channel documenting the history of the official portraits of former American President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, by respective artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald and the tour of the portraits being displayed in museums in ...
Artist Amy Sherald worked on the portrait of the former first lady, while Kehinde Wiley presented his floral composition of the 44th U.S. commander in chief. ... RELATED: Barack and Michelle Obama ...
On Monday February 12, 2018, the official presidential likenesses of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama were unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery. [25] Kehinde Wiley painted Mr. Obama, while Amy Sherald painted Mrs. Obama.