Working on the Statue of Liberty
| Working on the Statue of Liberty (Statue of Liberty) | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Artist | Norman Rockwell |
| Year | 1946 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 54.61 cm × 43.02 cm (211⁄2 in × 1615⁄16 in) |
| Location | White House |
Working on the Statue of Liberty, also known as Statue of Liberty, is a 1946 oil painting by American illustrator Norman Rockwell, showing workmen cleaning the torch held aloft by the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) in New York Harbor.[1]
Creation
The painting was created for the cover of an edition of
Display in the Oval Office
The painting came into the possession of Steven Spielberg, who donated it to the permanent art collection of the White House in 1994. It was displayed in the Oval Office during the administrations of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, sometimes to the left of the President's desk, above a cabinet or table on which was displayed Frederic Remington's sculpture The Bronco Buster.[5][2] It was later moved by Obama to a position next to the fireplace, above a bust of Martin Luther King Jr.[6][4] In January 2017, shortly after the inauguration of Donald Trump, the painting was still in the Oval Office.[7] It was reportedly removed later in 2017, in favor of a portrait of Andrew Jackson.[8]
-
The painting in 2009, at right, near theResolute desk, above Frederic Remington's sculpture The Bronco Buster -
The painting in 2015, hung above a bust of Martin Luther King by Charles Alston -
The painting in November 2016, seen during a meeting of President Obama and President-elect Trump
See also
References
- ^ "Statue of Liberty". Digital Library, White House Historical Association.
- ^ a b Ray, Heather (9 January 2010). "Obama's Rockwell". The Saturday Evening Post.
- ^ ISBN 978-0989260114.
- ^ The Huffington Post.
- ^ "Norman Rockwell, Welcome Guest in The White House". Norman Rockwell Museum.
- ^ Jones, Jonathan (23 November 2016). "Norman Rockwell's Statue of Liberty can point Trump towards decency". The Guardian.
- ^ Voon, Claire (January 24, 2017). "In Oval Office Rehang, Trump Continues to Copy Others". hyperallergic.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
- ^ Alexander, Harriet (August 23, 2017). "Donald Trump's Oval Office renovation leads Washington on a game of spot the difference". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
External links
| Creators |
|  |
|---|---|---|
| Engineers | ||
| Location |
| |
| Former locations |
| |
| Replicas | ||
| Legacy |
| |
| Related | ||