![]() ![]() “It is considerably less than the amount from his supporters’ contribution from the PAC,” the spokesperson noted. The spokesperson said the museum could not give the additional private donor’s name without their permission, but noted that it was from “a family, not a foundation or corporation and not a famous family.” The Trump PAC donation, the spokesperson said, will go towards artist fees, along with “shipping, framing, installation, and events.” The spokesperson added that the artists have already been commissioned and “the creation of the portraits is underway.” The artists will be named closer to the unveiling, “as is the museum’s tradition.” It is specifically for the portraits of former President Donald Trump and former First Lady Melania Trump.” “The Save America donation of $650,000 is accompanied by one additional private donation. “All portraits of presidents commissioned by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery are paid for with private funds raised by the museum,” a Smithsonian spokesperson told The Daily Beast. The contribution was first reported by Insider. In a Federal Election Commission filing last weekend, Trump’s Save America leadership PAC reported the $650,000 “charitable contribution” to the Smithsonian Institution on July 14-a gift that, according to the museum, was “specifically” to pay for the cost of enshrining the twice impeached ex-president and his wife in their presidential portraits, which will hang in the National Portrait Gallery. Now his supporters are paying for his official presidential portrait at a cost of $650,000. His recent monumental sculpture, Rumors of War, brought his message to Times Square, before moving to its permanent home at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, where it stands in contrast to the city’s multiple Confederate monuments.Former President Donald Trump has used his donors to pay for a number of vanity costs, including millions of dollars at his own businesses, private flights, tens of thousands of dollars in consulting fees for Melania Trump’s high-end fashion designer, and an untold number of legal disputes. Through this reversal, Wiley seeks to honor and elevate his subjects in a way that has historically been denied to them. Wiley has painted celebrities before, including LL Cool J and Michael Jackson, but most often his portraits feature anonymous, average African-Americans, who stand-in for the white kings and conquerors that have traditionally been portrayed in this style. ![]() His realistically painted subjects in casual, contemporary clothing stand out against rich, patterned Rococo backgrounds. 1977) is known for his sumptuous portraits of contemporary African-Americans painted in traditional heroic poses. ![]() Obama wears a geometric-patterned dress, the splashes of color in the painting coming from the sparse shapes on her dress. Sherald’s portrait of Michelle Obama is in her trademarked style: her skin in greyscale, the First Lady is seated against a flat, pale blue background. Wiley’s portrait shows a thoughtful Obama seated in a wooden chair, on a background of lush foliage, clad in his typical dark suit and white dress shirt, without a tie. The Obamas stood with the artists, Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, respectively, as the larger-than-life canvasses were revealed. On February 12, 2018, President Barack Obama and Former First Lady Michelle Obama attended the unveiling of their official portraits at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. ![]()
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