Clinton Family Portrait is a 1995

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on canvas by

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artist

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from

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, USA. It was created in 1995 and given as a gift to then

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who is also a native of Arkansas. It is a unique painting in that Alexander has done very few known

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. Most of his paintings are done in acrylics, and there are a few done in watercolors. This portrait is a unique blend of cartoon likeness and realism. It is now a part of the permanent collection at the Clinton Presidential Library in

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Source of inspiration

In an early 1996 interview with a ''

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reporter, Alexander explains his inspiration:

Description

The Clinton Family Portrait's dimensions are 24 inches long by 36 inches wide and is painted with oil paints on canvas. The oil colors used are flesh, blue, yellow, and brown tones, as well as grays. It was created in

in early 1995 and was shipped to the

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in March or April of that same year. Lori Abrams, who was a spokeswoman in the White House correspondence department at that time, told the

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newspaper that, "We can't say exactly where it is, but its where they want it"."Former PB resident paints Clinton Portrait"
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References

External links

Larry D. Alexander official website
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Family Portrait Family Portrait may refer to: Portraiture painting * Family Portrait (Hals, four persons), ''Family Portrait'' (Hals, four persons), a 1635 painting by Frans Hals * Family Portrait (Hals, five persons), ''Family Portrait'' (Hals, five persons), ...

Cultural depictions of Hillary Clinton Portraits of presidents of the United States