![]() (White House Historical Association) 4:30 p.m. First lady Michelle Obama was painted by Sharon Sprung. The Trump administration did not schedule a photo ceremony for the Obamas. President Barack Obamas portrait was painted by Robert McCurdy. President Obama noted that, despite their very different political ideologies, “the presidency transcends those differences.” The stars are Barack and Michelle Obama, whose portraits were commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., and unveiled to a warm critical reception in February 2018. ![]() In 2012, President Obama hosted former President George W. Wednesday marked the first time in 10 years that a sitting president has invited a former president back for a revealing of the portraits reviving the bipartisan tradition. In the former president's portrait, he sits in a chair, arms. Since that time, it has been a goal to acquire contemporary or historic portraits of presidents and first ladies, “either to represent those not in the collection or to replace earlier likenesses judged less than successful.” Those portraits of Barack Obama, by artist Kehinde Wiley, and of Michelle Obama, by artist Amy Sherald, were unveiled in 2018. Michelle Obama come to the MFA on the final stop of their national tour Kehinde Wiley’s portrait of President Barack Obama and Amy Sherald’s portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama have become iconic since the moment they were unveiled in 2018. The time honored tradition which started with The White House Historical Association who have had an active role in acquiring and donating portraits of recent presidents and first ladies since 1965 when the Association negotiated to acquire a portrait of former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt from the widow of artist Douglas Granville Chandor. The Obama paintings, each figure shown seated and depicted roughly life-size, are stylistically different from each other, although both italicize aspects of the sitter’s personality. The acclaimed portraits of President Barack Obama and Mrs. 12, Obama is seated in an ornate brown chair, his arms folded neatly. “Barack and Michelle, welcome home,” President Joe Biden said at a ceremony celebrating the former first couple. painting, unveiled in a ceremony at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery on Feb. ![]() The official portraits of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama were unveiled on Wednesday in the East Room of the White House. The portrait of the former president depicts him in a black suit with a gray tie, in the artist's signature photorealistic style. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden walks with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
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