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70sEraVet

(3,474 posts)
Mon Mar 1, 2021, 02:09 PM Mar 2021

Let's talk candidates for artists of Presidential Portraits!

Apparently, American Presidents typically commission two portraits after they leave office; one will hang in the National Portrait Gallery, and another will hang in the White House.
How anti-democratic! Shouldn't the choice of artist be put up for a vote? For fun, take a few minutes to consider which artist YOU would like to see given the commission to do Trump's portraits. Myself, I would to see the honor go to Illma Gore, the artist who was banned from Facebook for her nude Trump painting:
http://pilerats.com/news/the-artist-who-gifted-us-that-nude-donald-trump-painting-has-been-banned-from-fb/

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Let's talk candidates for artists of Presidential Portraits! (Original Post) 70sEraVet Mar 2021 OP
Raymond Pettibon johnp3907 Mar 2021 #1
My grandma was pretty good with oil on velvet back in the '60s Dread Pirate Roberts Mar 2021 #2
Jim Carrey empedocles Mar 2021 #3
I nominate this piece: NYC Liberal Mar 2021 #4
Too bad Salvador Dali is gone... Totally Tunsie Mar 2021 #5

Dread Pirate Roberts

(1,896 posts)
2. My grandma was pretty good with oil on velvet back in the '60s
Mon Mar 1, 2021, 02:25 PM
Mar 2021

That would be the appropriate medium for a Trump portrait.

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