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The art of George W. Bush
politico ^ | 4 April 14 | Adam Sneed

Posted on 04/06/2014 2:56:02 AM PDT by SkyPilot

Former President George W. Bush has painted dozens of portraits of world leaders he worked with while in office. His paintings are on public display for the first time at "The Art of Leadership: A President’s Personal Diplomacy,” an exhibit at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas. Before the exhibit opened, Bush said none of the leaders in his display had seen their portraits, but he predicted they would react favorably.


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KEYWORDS: art; gwbush; library; president
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The comments from the Bush haters at Politico are pretty funny:

"Meanwhile, Jimmy Carter is feeding villages and curing diseases...

Lol!

It's fun to see them go crazy with hate.

The artwork isn't great - but, hey! I am glad he is enjoying himself in retirement. Compared to Obama, GW Bush was heavenly.

By the way, does anyone know what car this is in the lower right hand photo? It appears to be Bush and Putin driving around the Texas ranch.

It it an early MGB with a hard top?

Any car guys how know, please respond. Thanks.

1 posted on 04/06/2014 2:56:02 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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OK, just found a better photo.


2 posted on 04/06/2014 2:57:35 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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I just read it was Putin's car - a Volgas.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/22/vladimir-putin-wealth-russian-election

3 posted on 04/06/2014 2:59:18 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot

Neat.

Never knew this.


4 posted on 04/06/2014 3:00:05 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html#2013)
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To: SkyPilot
Personnly, I think it's great


5 posted on 04/06/2014 3:06:00 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: SkyPilot

Is there any record of Obama actually doing anything? Good for Pres.Bush.


6 posted on 04/06/2014 3:06:41 AM PDT by Octar
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To: SkyPilot

Winston Churchill painted too...


7 posted on 04/06/2014 3:14:51 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Octar
Is there any record of Obama actually doing anything?

I'm not sure but I think I've seen it written somewhere that he can roll his own................

8 posted on 04/06/2014 3:19:57 AM PDT by varon (Para bellum)
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To: SkyPilot

Technically they aren’t great, but damn if they don’t say something about their subjects. It’s like he tried to pain their souls rather than their faces.


9 posted on 04/06/2014 3:35:51 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Pain = paint.


10 posted on 04/06/2014 3:36:19 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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To: SkyPilot

Tucker Carlson was recounting how he was seated next to a fairly well-known artist/art-critic who told him although he hates W and everything he stands for - he is quite a good artist.


11 posted on 04/06/2014 3:41:43 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Octar

Is there any record of Obama actually doing anything? Good for Pres.Bush.

Yes. Obama golfs, campaigns and well, I can’t think of anything else he does.


12 posted on 04/06/2014 3:51:52 AM PDT by ruesrose (The Anchor Holds)
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To: Tennessee Nana
Winston Churchill painted too...

His paintings now sell for up to $2 million although like Piscasso it's more about the painter than the paint.

13 posted on 04/06/2014 4:01:04 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: Slings and Arrows

Didn’t Bush say that he had looked into Pooty-poot’s soul and found it good, or something of that nature?

Despite that, he managed to capture those lifeless killer’s eyes in that portrait.


14 posted on 04/06/2014 4:06:12 AM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: Reeses

He wrote a fine essay about Painting as a Pastime as well. Everyone here should read that. It’s an amazing and inspiring little essay, as you would expect from WSC.

I think these portraits are pretty good. I would encourage W to keep working, dig deeper and stick with it. In the end, he might do a few that are truly great...he certainly has plenty of life experience to draw from to put into his portraits.


15 posted on 04/06/2014 4:22:59 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: SkyPilot
"Meanwhile, Jimmy Carter is feeding villages and curing diseases...

Laughing because if liberals want to start a conversation about art and include the private lives of the artists in their critique of the work at hand... let's just say that is one they'll lose over and over again.

Art is what it is. The artist is who he/she is. The value of their art really should not hinge on who they are. If it does, liberals won't have much to hang on their walls pretty soon.

For the record, I like some of his work, and can see a lot of progress. Good for Mr. Bush.

16 posted on 04/06/2014 4:29:33 AM PDT by mountainbunny (Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens” J.R.R. Tolkien)
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To: JoeProBono

I think you chose the best one, for sure. W definitely captured some magic there in that Putin one. It is the best, and you are right: it says a lot.

He needs to worry a little less about exactitude. We have photographers for that...

I think all of us have to be impressed by the portrait of GHWB as well. In all seriousness (and we are all Reagan people here, not Bush people, that’s a given), but...how can we fail to appreciate the fact that one President did a portrait of another? And the painter also happened to be President?

That is really something. It is something to celebrate and ponder.


17 posted on 04/06/2014 4:29:52 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: Octar

Good to see the human side of Bush. Didn’t know he played guitar either. I think he gets a bad rap. I refer to him as the wrong place, wrong time president because of 911. Had that not happened I think he would have been able to concentrate his efforts more positively and probably not signed off on the Patriot Act which he gets a lot of heat for.


18 posted on 04/06/2014 4:49:06 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: dsc

He did. I wonder if he later changed his opinion?


19 posted on 04/06/2014 4:54:07 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Richard Warman censors free speech.)
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To: SkyPilot

Just looked it up, it’s a volga model GAZ 21 of a style produced during 1962 to 1970. It had either a straight 6 or straight 4 and a three speed manual trans. It also came standard with a heater and radio. This was about as nice a car you could get: most could not afford them. Most could only afford the POS ladas. But if you’re an up and coming KGB Colonel you could afford it, apparently.

CC


20 posted on 04/06/2014 4:55:08 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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