props and backgrounds.” There were no formally sanctioned paintings of the commanders in chief until 1857, when Congress enacted legislation to collect existing presidential portraits to be ...

The new White House portraits of the first lady and the president tell a story of hard ... the obelisk in the background. But its totality is more of a fashion photograph than a portrait of ...

Sitting presidents traditionally host their predecessor at the White House for a ceremony to unveil an official portrait. In ...

The release of president Donald Trump’s official portrait last week on his campaign website led me to Dwight D. Eisenhower, our lone Kansas president. I wondered how the portraits of ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration portrait was unveiled Wednesday evening. The black-and-white photo of Trump shows the soon-to-be 47th president with a stern expression and a closed ...