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[-] Nepenthe@kbin.social 63 points 10 months ago

TIL JFK's official presidential portrait looks like a zombie silently judging you from the afterlife, and it's because it was only painted after his death. The artist's inspiration was a photo of Ted Kennedy mourning his brother and Jackie chose that one immediately out of all the options, partially because they were both bored with the same generic stance every president has.

I'm not really getting the thoughtful, humble vibe she intended it to have, but I do really like it

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

I don’t get thoughtful or humble, but if you were to put his portrait next to that of any ten presidents that survived their term and said that one was assassinated in office I’d know instantly every time even if I didn’t know the answer. It looks mournful and representative of his being dead.

And I think it’s interesting to wonder what it would’ve been like had he lived. I suspect something closer to Obama’s, something full of life

[-] Gargantu8@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago

Come on, at least use the real and awesome Obama portrait!

[-] poppy@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago
[-] Gargantu8@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I suppose that could be? But I was just in the national portrait gallery in DC and in the presidents exhibit there was the one I linked. But you might still be right and maybe what I'm referring to isn't official but instead just the Smithsonian one?

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Definitely one of my favorite portraits. I just wish it was painted with the tan suit to trigger conservatives even more than it already did.

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[-] Mcballs1234@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

I got rejected by Smithsonian :(

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago

Hot take: more of these guys should be locked up.

[-] _CottonCandyUnicorn_@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago

I mean, most of them are if you consider a coffin "locked up."

[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Oh look, 43 war criminals, Jimmy Carter, and Abraham Lincoln

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Lincoln was absofuckinglutely a war criminal. Now did his victims deserve it? Listen if anyone deserves war crimes it’s the confederacy. But yeah definitely did war crimes. Sherman’s march to the sea was the most based war crime there ever was.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 10 points 10 months ago

It's not a war crime if it's against the British Empire.

Please amend "Slave Owners" to your list, ty.

[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Ya during those wars those presidents were totally nice to the native Americans

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 4 points 10 months ago

It's not a war crime if you don't declare war first taps wig

[-] Maturin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Hey! Don’t forget about East Timor!

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[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 13 points 10 months ago

If only Obama's was made with him in the tan suit.

[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I'm only here for it if he's also wearing the bike helmet.

[-] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I am genuinely curious how the white house history website and whatnot will handle it if any of these convictions go through. Will they mention it? Will they omit it?

tan suit

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[-] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This is wonderful, but if anyone has a link to the one where every defendant except trump was made up as a DC comics supervillain (Trump hadn't turned himself in yet when I saw it yesterday) I would really appreciate it. I can't even remember what platform I saw it on, but it was glorious. It was so good it must be making the rounds but I have not seen it again.

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Artist is https://twitter.com/IamHappyToast and he's updated it now lol

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[-] gamer@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago

That mugshot is a commemorative coin that I would actually buy

[-] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I bought a bunch of silver last year, and Trump rounds (look like coins, but are just round bullion) were flying off the shelves. I kept my fool mouth shut every time I saw them. However, like you, if they made one with a Trump mugshot, I'd buy a tube of twenty five of them, and ask if they can produce a ten ounce bar with it on there.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Wow, government portraits no less

[-] mrdeath@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Damn, we've had some real shitty presidents.

[-] PenguinJuice@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago

Crazy to think the vast majority of the presidents are painted and then it shows the progression of our ability to capture high definition photos. Technology seems to be a recently exponential progression.

[-] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 18 points 10 months ago

I think it's kind of a bummer we've shifted away from painting. The painted portrait seems more regal and meaningful here.

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[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago
[-] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Losing a chunk of your head generally does that.

(If you seriously want an answer, that's his official White House portrait, painted that way specifically because his death)

[-] Old_Fat_White_Guy@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

He read the book. He knows what's happening but cannot change the narrative.

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Mistress #6 found out about Mistress #7

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[-] TvanBuuren@feddit.nl 5 points 10 months ago

And only 2 are really smiling.

[-] Echo71Niner@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

At least 3 are, you missed Ronald Reagan is smiling.

[-] TvanBuuren@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago

True, should have said "grinning".

[-] embit@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago

Am I dumb or is there one missing?

[-] Jerbattimus@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

Grover Cleveland was president in two nonconsecutive terms, but he's only pictured once.

[-] embit@feddit.de 5 points 10 months ago

Interesting, thanks!

[-] nomadjoanne@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Oh did Obama not get a proper painted portrait done? That's kind of a shame.

[-] Classy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

He did yes, but it was not a traditional portrait. He's in front of a bright green backdrop of vining plants while sitting in a chair. Admittedly it was an interesting composition but the actual painting work was subpar, unfortunately.

https://npg.si.edu/sites/default/files/cr-barack2.jpg

[-] flucksy_bango@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

That looks like a street mural. Not bad album art, though. I don't hate it, but I wish it was better.

[-] TrismegistusMx@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Evidently he did, but I just ripped this off of an eBay listing for a poster, then added Trump and Biden.

[-] nomadjoanne@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Fair enough

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