First Lady Michelle Obama (painting) - Wikipedia
First Lady Michelle Obama, initially titled Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, is a portrait of former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama, painted by the artist Amy Sherald. Unveiled in 2018, it hangs in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Washington, D.C.
Michelle Obama - National Portrait Gallery
The portrait celebrates Michelle Obama, the former first lady of the United States and the wife of the 44th president, Barack Obama. In this elegant and enigmatic painting, she gazes directly out at the viewer, hand under her chin, inviting contemplation.
The Mystery of Amy Sherald’s Portrait of Michelle Obama
2018年2月13日 · At the Smithsonian unveiling, Michelle Obama and the forty-four-year-old Sherald together pulled down brown wraps to expose a painting of shocking mystery. It is a portrait of the first...
Who Are the Artists Behind the New Obama Portraits?
2022年9月9日 · Two artworks are officially joining the White House’s collection of presidential portraits: the long-awaited paintings of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle...
From First Lady to farmer, Amy Sherald paints a Black 'American …
2025年1月9日 · In 2017, in the first year of the Obama administration, the First Couple selected two up-and-coming Black artists to paint their official portraits: POTUS went for Kehinde Wiley, and FLOTUS for Amy Sherald. Both paintings, unveiled in 2018, received wide praise as both aesthetically stunning and ...
After a Late Start, an Artist’s Big Break: Michelle Obama’s Official ...
2017年10月23日 · Earlier this month, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery announced that it had commissioned Ms. Sherald, 44, for the official portrait of the former first lady, and tapped Kehinde Wiley,...
First Lady Michelle Obama - Amy Sherald — Google Arts & Culture
Painted when Obama was writing her memoir Becoming (2018), this iconic portrait shows her in an introspective mood wearing a Michelle Smith dress reminiscent of the Gee’s Bend quilts made by...
Barack and Michelle Obama unveil their portraits at National …
2018年2月13日 · Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama helped unveil their starkly different but equally unconventional portraits on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The paintings are the first in the National Portrait Gallery’s presidential collection to be painted by African-American artists.
National Portrait Gallery Unveils Portrait of Lady Michelle Obama …
“I paint American people, and I tell American stories through my paintings,” said Amy Sherald ’04 (LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting M.F.A.) following the unveiling of the official portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.
The Obama portraits are on display at the site of their first date
2021年6月30日 · Three years after Barack and Michelle Obama’s official portraits were unveiled at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, the paintings have arrived at the Art Institute of Chicago, where...