Presidential portrait (United States)
An Official Presidential Portrait is an oil portrait painted of a President of the United States of America. In recent years, the official portrait of the President is a photograph until after they leave office.
The tradition started with Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington. Presidents often display the official portraits of Presidents they admire (on loan from the National Portrait Gallery) in the Oval Office, or around the White House.
Gallery of presidential portraits
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Presidential Portrait (United States) Media
The Lansdowne portrait of George Washington, the first presidential portrait
Theodore Roosevelt by John Singer Sargent, 1903.
White House Curator William G. Allman discusses the inspiration behind Aaron Shikler's portrait of John F. Kennedy
Members of the USC Institute for Creative Technologies, the Smithsonian Institution, and White House staff discuss the creation of Barack Obama's 3D portrait.
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