Wall Street Journal article on presidential portraiture

[Cynthia Daniel]

The Wall Street Journal ran an article on January 18 entitled Why Presidential Portraiture Lost Its Stature

John Howard Sanden has written a commentary regarding this article:

http://worldofportraitpainting.com/c...eetjournal.htm

The original text of the WSJ article can be found at a link at the bottom of John Sanden's commentary.

[Steve Craighead]

apologies to Anthony VanDyke and Ray Kinstler

[Cynthia Daniel]

LOL - and Gerald Ford too?

[Steve Craighead]

Here's another example of a portrait the journalist for the WSJ might like. Please excuse my cracked sense of humor.
Does anyone else have an example?

[Sharon Knettell]

Actually, Gilbert Stuart is one of my heroes.

I went to the Boston Museum School and his portraits are among those that most impressed me at the Museum. I also live in RI, his birth place.

His paintings have the grandeur and style that I do think has been lost. They are very impressive in person, especially this Washington one with a horse, which he was said to have done in 10 days.

His skin-tones are amazing, quite impressionistic.

He only painted Washington from life about twice. He kept the painting posted below for his use in turning out a billion copies.

His paintings of the presidents Jefferson and Adams are wonderful as well.

[Sharon Knettell]

PS.

Not to get political, but that is how I think of Ronald Reagan.