On February 12, 2018, a portrait of Barack Obama, was installed in the The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.
Mr. Obama chose Nigerian-American Artist Kehinde Wiley to paint his portrait. Wiley is the first African American artist to paint a presidential portrait to hang in the National Portrait Gallery.
His paintings elevate everyday people to royalty.
In some of his work, he reimagines an entire classical painting, with an African American subject. This is one of his most iconic portraits, which he painted of pop superstar, Michael Jackson.
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What do Kehinde Wiley's portraits have in common?
How can a background make a portrait more interesting?
-more meaningful?
Draw a portrait video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXlO6ocidiY
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