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16-Feb-2019

Michelle Obama (2018)

One of the two Obama couple portraits that have drawn huge attention and boosted attendance at the museum by a million visitors in the year since they were installed.

Amy Sherald, oil on linen, 2018.

For an interesting article about this and the portrait of Barack Obama in the same museum, see http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/where-are-the-obamas-paintings-of-barack-and-michelle-brought-a-million-more-people-to-portrait-gallery/2019/02/26/53ad876e-3543-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html?utm_term=.e29660f4f03b&wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1


Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

Orchid bouquet, posted earlier:

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Zoltán Balogh05-Feb-2020 08:06
How nice! V
Liz Bickel05-Feb-2020 04:43
Lovely portrait of a lady. However, it really doesn't look like Michelle Obama. The artist totally missed something... Still, your photo did a fine job in capturing the artwork.
PauloCGama22-Mar-2019 21:12
Jeff said everything and I could not agree more. V
Jeff Real03-Mar-2019 22:29
You have really captured this extraordinarily well.
It looks too perfect to be a photograph of a painting.
I wish I could do this as well.
V
victorswan01-Mar-2019 20:20
lovely portrait Helen nice color and detail from this great lady BV
Julie Oldfield01-Mar-2019 01:59
Beautiful! Classy. V
janescottcumming28-Feb-2019 13:14
I like the colors and the style ok but I think the artist missed the boat by not showing her winning smile. V
LynnH28-Feb-2019 02:08
Not a fan of this portrait or the folk artsy style. Nicely photographed by you. V
Gill Kopy28-Feb-2019 02:08
This certainly is a very different portrait - I wonder what she thinks of it ?? Nicely captured Helen V
marie-jose wolff27-Feb-2019 20:19
fine capture of this portrait! V
carabias27-Feb-2019 20:04
A beautiful and creative portrait! V
John Reynolds LRPS27-Feb-2019 19:42
Interesting. Maybe not the most flattering of portraits. V.
joseantonio27-Feb-2019 19:38
very nice capture of this portrait.V
William Barletta27-Feb-2019 18:55
That is a stunning portrait ~V~
Ton T.27-Feb-2019 18:18
A fantastic image of this portrait Helen! And indeed I miss her smile V
Tom Munson27-Feb-2019 17:07
Beautiful capture, Helen.
globalgadabout27-Feb-2019 17:04
certainly intriguing...the portrait seems to shortchange her wonderful smile, and Madame herself is given less emphasis than the overpowering dress....glad to see this, yet a bit disappointed by the art work..