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Paintings Of Barack And Michelle Obama Unveiled At Portrait Gallery<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

National Public Radio<\/a>
\n2018-02-12<\/p>\n

Camila Domonoske<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nFormer President Barack Obama<\/a> and former first lady Michelle Obama<\/a> stand next to their newly unveiled portraits during a ceremony Monday at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery<\/a> in Washington, D.C.<\/a>
\nMark Wilson\/Getty Images<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Brand new portraits of former president Barack Obama<\/a> and former first lady Michelle Obama<\/a> \u2014 wearing matching calm, strong expressions \u2014 were revealed on Monday at the National Portrait Gallery<\/a> in Washington, D.C.<\/a><\/p>\n

Kehinde Wiley<\/a> painted Barack Obama sitting in a chair, elbows in his knees, leaning forward with an intense expression. The background, typical of a Wiley painting, is a riotous pattern of intense greens.<\/p>\n

“Pretty sharp,” Obama said with a grin.<\/p>\n

Amy Sherald<\/a>, a Baltimore<\/a>-based artist, painted Michelle Obama sitting in a floor-length gown, chin on her hand, looking directly at the viewer with a calm, level gaze.<\/p>\n

The paintings, like the presidency they honor, are a historic first. Wiley and Sherald \u2014 both already famous for their portraits of black Americans \u2014 are the first black painters to receive a presidential portrait commission from the museum…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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