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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.
Former President Barack Obama and wife, Michelle Obama, celebrated the unveiling of their official portraits at the National Portrait Gallery on Monday, as the nation observed the latest art ...
The year after Sherald won the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, she was chosen by First Lady Michelle Obama to paint her official portrait for the National Portrait Gallery. Obama recounted an immediate connection upon meeting Sherald, [30] feeling "blown away by the boldness of her colors and the uniqueness of her subject matter" as well ...
At the same time, the official portrait for First Lady Michelle Obama, painted by realism artist Sharon Sprung, was also unveiled. [32] [33] In First Lady Obama's oil painting portrait, she appears in an off-the-shoulder turquoise gown against a warm pink wall, looking "intent but alluring and unmistakably herself." [33]
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 ...
Barack Obama and his wife, former first lady Michelle Obama, return to the White House on Wednesday for the unveiling of their official portraits, hosted by fellow Democrat Joe Biden some five ...
Reacting to the unveiling of his portrait Obama said: "How about that? That's pretty sharp". [5] Together with Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama, the paintings were unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery on February 12, 2018. [6] Both portraits mark the first time two African-American artists were commissioned by the National Portrait ...
Michelle Obama has a magnetic personality — and the same goes for her official portrait.