President Barack Obama
painting by Wiley
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- In Kehinde Wiley: Portrait of Barack Obama
… selected Wiley to paint his official portrait for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The painting revealed a mixture of convention and invention when it was unveiled in 2018. Obama, wearing a traditional black suit, sits forward on a mahogany chair with a determined expression on his face and his elbows…
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