Comments on: U.S. Presidential Portrait Gallery at the National Portrait Gallery

By: MMX FLEX

MMX FLEX — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:06:28 +0000

Very true hv. I can’t disagree.

By: hv

hv — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:54:49 +0000

LOL…I think anyone running for President has an inflated ego, regardless of party.

By: MMX FLEX

MMX FLEX — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:53:24 +0000

Then the selection of artists by the Dems reflects their inflated egos. Either way, it looks bad to the common visitor.

By: hv

hv — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:53:06 +0000

The artists you cite in the post and choose only to see through your ideology worked in that scale from the get go. Republican’s chose portrait artists who worked in a generic cookie-cutter size, the biggest exception for the GOP is Norman Rockwell (Nixon’s portrait artist) who worked small because he was an illustrator, not really a fine artist … that’s the way he does things. In contrast, Elaine de Kooning (JFK’s artist) always worked big.

By: MMX FLEX

MMX FLEX — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:42:51 +0000

Size really does matter for the Portraits of the Presidents exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery. If you are a Democrat president like, say, Clinton, Carter, or Kennedy, then you are fortunate to have an oversized portrait that is floor to ceiling and hung on its very own wall. But if you are a Republican president, like, say Bush, Reagan, or Nixon, then you unfortunately have, at most, a standard sized portrait that likely shares wall space with another president. See for yourself at http://mmxflex.blogspot.com/2010/02/national-portr ait-gallery-size-matters_08.html.

By: hv

hv — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:53:30 +0000

They were there (except for Bush II who was just added) but their portraits weren’t really noteworthy so I didn’t snap a photo. There were others to I just walked by.

By: H

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:51:42 +0000

And where are:
Ike
Johnson
Regan
Bush I
Bush II
curious…..

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:23:11 +0000

I still have a little scrap of paper from our Bushwick days that says “Yoga Kills.” But I don’t think Eleanor said that one…