Description: New 8x10 canvas print This portrait celebrates Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States of America. The former president is shown surrounded by nature and symbolic flowers that reflect both his personal and professional history. The chrysanthemums, for example, reference the official flower of Chicago. The jasmine evokes Hawaii, where he spent the majority of his childhood, and the African blue lilies stand in for his late Kenyan father. The vibrant colors and casual pose of the portrait are decidedly modern, placing him firmly in the present day. Rather than appropriate a past portrait and paint Obama in that individuals position, as he typically does, Wiley and Obama together decided that this composition should be wholly new, reflecting Obamas singular position in history. While the painting does have echoes of past presidential portraiture, such as the National Portrait Gallerys seated portrait of Abraham Lincoln, it is not a direct reference.
Price: 12.99 USD
Location: Skokie, Illinois
End Time: 2024-11-04T23:56:10.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Print
Framed/Unframed: Unframed
Signed?: Unsigned
Image Orientation: Portrait
Size: Small (up to 12in.)
Style: Realism
Original/Reproduction: Reproduction
Theme: Art
Material: Canvas
Subject: Portrait
