Robert Anderson, artist interview
Publisher |
Smithsonian
Media Type |
video
Categories Via RSS |
Arts
History
Society & Culture
Visual Arts
Publication Date |
Dec 19, 2008
Episode Duration |
00:04:09
Robert Anderson, the artist who George W. Bush's presidential portrait. Interview by Warren Perry
Robert Anderson was selected by the White House to paint George W. Bush's presidential portrait portrait. Anderson was a classmate of Bush's at Yale University and received his training in fine arts at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. A professional portraitist based in Darien, Conn., Anderson has also painted a portrait of Bush for the Yale Club in New York. Bush's portrait is installed in the exhibition "America's Presidents," on the museum's second floor. Interview by Warren Perry. Recorded at NPG, at the unveiling ceremony, December 19, 2008. Image info: George W. Bush / Robert Anderson , 2008 / Oil on canvas / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution / Gift of American Fidelity Foundation, J. Thomas and Stefanie Atherton, William S. and Ann Atherton, Dr. Jon C. and Jane G. Axton, Dr. Lee and Sherry Beasley, Thomas A. Cellucci, A. James Clark, Richard H. Collins, Edward and Kaye Cook, Don and Alice Dahlgren, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Easton, Robert Edmund, Robert and Nancy Payne Ellis, Dr. Tom and Cheryl Hewett, Dr. Dodge and Lori Hill, Pete and Shelley Kourtis, Tom and Judy Love, David L. McCombs, Tom and Brenda McDaniel, Herman and LaDonna Meinders, The Norick Family, Kenneth and Gail Ochs, Robert and Sylvia Slater, Richard L. Thurston, Lew and Myra Ward, Dr. James and Susan Wendelken, Jim and Jill Williams

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