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Former President Obama chooses Kehinde Wiley to paint his official presidential portrait Show Caption Hide Caption (CNN) â The Obamaâs have chosen the artists who will paint their official portraits. Kehinde Wiley was commissioned to paint former president Barack Obama. The New York based artist is known for his contemporary paintings of African Americans. His work often puts a twist on classic paintings using modern subjects like Michael Jackson and Notorious B.I.G. Former first...
The painting, The Courtship of Washington by John C. McRae, was painted in 1860, long after Washingtonâs death in 1799. But a project out of the University of Virginia called The Papers of George Washington also confirms that the first presidentâs natural hair color was light brown. The style he favored wasnât fancy, though it may appear so to modern eyes. It was a military style called a queue, the 18th-century equivalent of a marine buzz cut, Krulwich writes.