Painting Through a President's Assassination, with Brandon Fortune
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audio
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Visual Arts
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Publication Date |
May 26, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:21:59

It commands attention among the more sober portraits in the Presidents’ gallery, interrupting a room of men in dark suits with an explosion of green and gold. Chief curator Brandon Fortune recounts the tragic backstory behind this standout portrait of President John F. Kennedy by one of the few women who gained a foothold in the abstract expressionist movement— Elaine de Kooning.

You can see de Kooning’s remarkable painting on our website:

https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.99.75

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