Aaron Shikler
Aaron Shikler (born March 18, 1922) is an American portrait artist noted for portraits of American statesmen and celebrities like Jane Engelhard and Sister Parish.
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[edit] Early life
Shikler, was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 18, 1922. He studied at the Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, and at the Hans Hofmann School, New York.
[edit] Work
Shikler is noted for his posthumous character study of John F Kennedy, Oil Portrait of John F. Kennedy, which serves as Kennedy's official White House portrait. He also painted the official White House portraits of first ladies Jacqueline Kennedy and Nancy Reagan, and portraits of the Kennedy children.[1] and is represented in numerous public collections such as The Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the New Britain Museum of American Art, and the National Academy of Design.
[edit] Awards and honors
Aaron Shikler was elected a Centennial Fellow of Temple University in 1985, an Academician of the National Academy of Design in 1965 and an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1962. Shikler received the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award in 1957 and the Thomas B. Clarke Prize in 1958, 1960, and 1961. In 1976, he received the State Department Traveling Grant, a Certificate of Honor at the Tyler School of Art and the Benjamin Altman Prize from the National Academy of Design.[1]
[edit] In media
- In the television series Futurama, Captain Zapp Brannigan has in his quarters a portrait of himself - akin to that of John F. Kennedy painted by Shikler.[2]
- In the film X2, when the character Nightcrawler is shown in the White House about to attack the president, he is standing in front the Kennedy portrait. His posture mimics the late president's (arms folded, head cast downward), foreshadowing the assassination attempt to come.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Davis and Langdale - Aaron Shikler". http://www.davisandlangdale.com/Pages/AaronShikler.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ "Love's Labours Lost in Space". Futurama. 1999-04-13. No. 4, season 4.
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