We Decode the New Art Biden Just Installed in the Oval Office, From a Bust of Cesar Chavez to a Calming Childe Hassam Painting
The National Portrait Gallery has loaned two new sculptures to the Biden administration.
January 21, 2021
A sculpted bust of Rosa Parks, foreground, by Artis Lane, and Abraham Lincoln, right, on a table seen during an early preview of the redesigned Oval Office awaiting President Joseph Biden at the White House in Washington, DC. Photo by Bill O Leary/the
Washington Post via Getty Images.
As Joe Biden took the oath of office as the 46th president of the United States yesterday, staffers were rushing to ready the Oval Office for its new occupant. They had only five frenzied hours to finish swapping out artworks and other furnishings before the arrival of the incoming commander-in-chief.
Joe Bidenâs Inaugural Painting comes from renowned Cincinnati artist
The artistâs paintings reflect a âlate hope for peaceâ before the Civil War. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the unveiling of the Inaugural Painting, Landscape with Rainbow by Robert Duncanson (Source: C-Span) By Brian Planalp | January 20, 2021 at 4:06 PM EST - Updated January 21 at 7:52 AM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The Inaugural Painting chosen by Dr. Jill Biden is the work of a renowned Cincinnati artist.
It was created by Robert S. Duncanson, a painter based in Cincinnati in the years surrounding the Civil War, according to the Smithsonian American Art Museum, where the painting is housed.
The Star-Spangled Banner is our greatest symbol of our endurance of the American idea. It flies over this building on triumphant days and on tragic ones, over all factions and all parties. And today this flag flew over our former colleague s inauguration as the very first female vice president of the United States. So to our very distinguished former colleague, Madam Vice President, please accept this flag with the highest compliments and congratulations of the United States Senate, McConnell said.
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McConnell, standing feet away from Speaker Nancy Pelosi With all due respect to our distinguished Speaker and our colleagues from the House, I have to note not only did we just swear in a son and daughter of the Senate to these high offices, but indeed both these former senators skipped the House altogether, McConnell said, drawing laughter from Harris and others.
This painting, a piece of Cincinnati history, welcomes Bidens to the Capitol
Artist has special connection to Taft Museum of Art
A little-known inaugural tradition Wednesday shone a spotlight on a Cincinnati-based artist who, like modern Americans, searched for hope in a time of seismic national conflict.
Posted at 3:11 PM, Jan 20, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-20 23:32:47-05
A little-known inaugural tradition Wednesday shone a spotlight on a Cincinnati-based artist who, like modern Americans, searched for hope in a time of seismic national conflict: Robert S. Duncanson, whom the Smithsonian American Art Museum describes as âAmericaâs best-known African-American painter in the years surrounding the Civil War.â