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More On Presidential Portraiture —
Nine Great Twentieth Century Examples
A Second Follow-Up To The Wall Street Journal
John F. Kennedy
Aaron Shikler.
The White House, Washington, D.C.
Aaron Shikler's famous painting of
John F. Kennedy is based on a candid
photograph taken by White House photographer
Jacques Lowe, as the President listened,
head bowed, in a circle of advisors.
Catesby Leigh's charge that many of
the current presidential portraits
resemble "touched up photographs"
might, in other circumstances, be
valid here. The charge does not, however,
apply in this case, given the extraordinary
talents of the famous artist at work.
Aaron Shikler is a painter of formidable
power. The sensitivity of his touch,
and the painterly interpretation gives
this iconic image a strength that
far transcends its original source.
Click portrait to enlarge.
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