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  1. About the Painting. Portrait unveiling. The portrait celebrates Michelle Obama, the former first lady of the United States and the wife of the 44th president, Barack Obama. In this elegant and enigmatic painting, she gazes directly out at the viewer, hand under her chin, inviting contemplation.

  2. First Lady Michelle Obama, initially titled Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, is a portrait of former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama, painted by the artist Amy Sherald. Unveiled in 2018, it hangs in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Washington, D.C.

  3. Feb 13, 2018 · At the Smithsonian unveiling, Michelle Obama and the forty-four-year-old Sherald together pulled down brown wraps to expose a painting of shocking mystery. It is a portrait of the first black...

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  5. Sep 7, 2022 · Sharon Sprung, who painted Michelle Obamas official White House portrait, in her artist studio on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. What holds her interest is “the crinkle of an eye, the little...

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  6. Sep 7, 2022 · Former first lady Michelle Obama was equally hands off with her final portrait after posing for photographs with her portraitist, New York-based artist Sharon Sprung, in the White House.

  7. Aug 15, 2021 · Jun 18 – Aug 15, 2021. Galleries 182–184. Closed. This summer the Art Institute of Chicago welcomes two acclaimed portraits to its galleries: Kehinde Wiley’s painting of President Barack Obama and Amy Sherald’s portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama.

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