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A marble bust of George Washington by sculptor Giuseppe Ceracchi (1751–1801) receives conservation work in the China Room.. The White House Office of the Curator is charged with the conservation and study of the collection of fine art, furniture, and decorative objects used to furnish both the public and private rooms of the White House as an official residence and as an accredited historic ...
The White House's art collection, sometimes also called the White House Collection or Pride of the American Nation, [1] has grown over time from donations from descendants of the Founding Fathers to commissions by established artists. [2] It comprises paintings, sculptures, and other art forms. [3]
Members of the USC Institute for Creative Technologies, the Smithsonian Institution, and White House staff discuss the creation of Barack Obama's 3D portrait. Barack Obama was the first president to have his portrait taken with a digital camera in January 2009 by Pete Souza, the then–official White House photographer, [24] using a Canon EOS ...
As curator, Hayashi Smith will oversee the care of thousands of artifacts in the White House collection, cataloguing and preserving everything from presidential portraits to furniture and more.
Portraits in the House of Representatives collection (A-J) Subject Image Date Artist Accession number Type Ref. Abraham Lincoln: 2004 Ned Bittinger: 2004.099.000 Painting [315] Al Ullman: 1977 Victor Lallier: 2002.008.007 Painting [316] Al Ullman: 1978 Terry Rodgers: 2002.021.008 Painting [317] Albert Thomas: 1965 Victor Lallier: 2017.125.000 ...
The art collection in the White House in Washington, D.C. contains, or has contained, many works of art. Pages in category "Art in the White House" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Lorraine Waxman Pearce in the 1960s. Lorraine Waxman Pearce, sometimes known as Lorraine Pearce, (April 14, 1934 – March 14, 2017) was a decorative arts scholar and the inaugural White House art curator, key to the Kennedy restoration of the White House.
James Roe Ketchum (March 15, 1939 – February 21, 2024) served as White House Curator from 1963 to 1970, appointed by President John F. Kennedy and continuing under presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon. He then became Senate Curator from 1970 to 1995, making him the only person to serve as curator at both the White House and Capitol.