Artists of Abraham Lincoln portraits PDF
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^ %>- oJ t*» Nt-& 7 ^ Artists of Abraham Lincoln portraits Ron Sanders Excerpts from newspapers and other sources From the files of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection OlH^h 7/ iOD'J Oil. .***&***#*»a?<WiA**$*H* ^6W S^/v^^^.3 PA/A v\/ />^a^t AT ~fi,M ; <?J^ Digitized by the Internet Archive 2012 with funding from in State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library http://archive.org/details/artistsofabrahaslinc To Union Preserve the ^_£5riJT?'jf*?<!r?!L-^ jQincoln andIke Gmanapation Proclamation SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW Not since Gutzon Borglum blasted away at Mount Rushmore has an artist actually created a Lincoln portrait in public. In 1999, artist Ron Sanders (b. 1966) setuphiseasel in an exhibition ofperiod paintingsat the Lincoln Museum in FortWayne, Indiana, andworkingsixhoursadayfora month, completed ToPreservethe Union. Itwas auctioned offfor $6,000 on Octo- ber 16, 1999. Sanders's debt to symbol-laden nineteenth-century portrai- tureisapparent: aswordhangsaboveLincoln'sdesk, representingwar, anda broken manacleliesathisfeet, symbolizingemancipation. Lincolnclutches the Proclamation in his right hand, and it is bathed by sunlight from the doors behind him, outside ofwhich, winter notwithstanding, the trees are green, suggestingarenewal ofnational life. Sanders'sboldesttreatmentwas drapingLincoln in theAmerican flag, andplacingthestars representingthe statesfirmlyinhisgrasp. Thoughtheparquetfloorboardplanksarecrossed, symbolizing rebellion, Sanders's Lincoln will not let go. Asked ifhe was sayingsomething newwith thiswork, the artist replied: "Aam much more interested in sayingsomething true." HaroldHolzerandGaborBoritt "Lincolnin'ModernArt"'in THELINCOLNENIGMA ed. GaborBoritt (OxfordUniversityPress,2001) Originaloilpainting© RonSanders 1999 www.sanders-studios.com notecard©JohnTippmann,Sr.2001 \ 4- co -V- i
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