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"Clinton Family Portrait", an "Oil Painting" by Larry D. Alexander
Clinton Family Portrait is an oil painting on canvas by American artist Larry D. Alexander from Dermott, Arkansas. It was created in 1995 and given as a gift to then U.S. President Bill Clinton who is also a native of Arkansas. It is a unique painting in that Alexander has done very few known oil paintings. The portrait is a unique blend of cartoon likeness and realism.[1][2]
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Source of inspiration
In an early 1996 interview with a Dallas Morning News Irving, Texas reporter, Alexander explains his inspiration;
I was with a group of kids and we said that if there was ever a president from Arkansas, we'd do a portrait of him. It was just a joke at the time, and years later, I had forgotten about it. But one day, when Clinton was doing well in the presidential race and it looked like he was going to win, the memory just popped back in my mind. It was eerie, but inspirations are like that.Description
The Clinton Family Portrait by Larry D. Alexander is painted with oil paints on canvas. It measures 24 inches long by 36 inches wide. The oil colors used are flesh, blue, yellow, and brown tones, as well as grays. It was created in Irving, Texas in early 1995 and was shipped to the White House in march or April of that same year. Lori Abrams, who was a spokeswoman in the White House correspondence department at that time, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper that, "We can't say exactly where it is, but its where they want it". [4]
References
- ^ Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Archives - "Irving artist gives his presidential portrait to Clintons" - Mon. Aug. 21,1995 - page 10A - Terry Lee Jones
- ^ - "Irving artist gives portrait to Clintons" Dallas Morning News/Irving News Edition Sun. July 16, 1995 - page 10A
- ^ - "Different Strokes" - Dallas Morning News/Irving News - Lizabeth Cardenas
- ^ Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Archives - "Irving artist gives his presidential portrait to Clintons" - Mon. Aug. 21,1995 - page 10A - Terry Lee Jones
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Categories:- 1900s paintings
- 20th-century portraits
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