Unveiled Wednesday in a ceremony in the East Room, the portrait of Obama is a photorealist picture of the former President set against a plain white background. Wearing a black suit, white shirt ...

McCurdy is known for his photorealist portraits and stark white backgrounds, having painted ... calling him “a man who became a true partner and a good friend.” “Joe, it is now America ...

Nothing else disrupts the white background. After the initial photo was taken from which McCurdy painted, the former President had no say in the final portrait, according to the artist.

The lifelike portrait by artist Robert McCurdy shows the former president sporting a black suit and gray tie in front of a white background. The white background, the White House said at the time ...

An earlier version of this article listed the incorrect artists for Barbara Bush's portraits. Her first portrait was by Herbert Abrams; the one she preferred, which hangs in the White House ...

A dramatic depiction of President Trump moments after he was grazed by a would-be assassin’s bullet replaced a portrait of former President Barack Obama at the White House on Friday. The new ...

The White House moved the official portrait of former President Barack Obama to a new location in the building’s Grand Foyer, replacing it with a painting of President Donald Trump with his fist ...

There are no props or other background elements in Mr. McCurdy’s image of Obama, which Mr. McLaurin said is unusual for White House portraits. Mr. McCurdy said that this was conscious and ...