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Ulysses S. Grant
Eighteenth President President
Acrylic on Canvas 19"x27" Presidential Portrait Paintings by Artist Stephen Kline
Unlike presidential portraits familiar to museum goers, schoolchildren, and employees in the halls of government, Kline's paintings reflect his idiosyncratic impression of a particular characteristic of our former leaders. For example, Mr. Kline's portrait of Richard Nixon is a rare, somewhat sympathetic portrait as it captures Nixon as a young boy with his treasured violin. Kline's rendering of Millard Fillmore is inspired by the 13th President's first and beloved wife, Abigail, who started the first White House Library. By painting Abigail holding the President's portrait, the Fillmore painting is, in fact, a portrait of a portrait. President Ulysses S. Grant's sorrow and weight of circumstance is visible in his demeanor and expression. The rain falls as Grant overlooks his army's tents and mourns the losses all have suffered. Also setting Kline's portraits apart are the subtly written facets of the Presidents' lives in several of his paintings - as the pattern of a lapel, the side of a tent, or the lace on a dress.
JURIED MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS (Partial List)
1994 The Florida National, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
1987 New Jersey Arts Annual (Photography), Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
1968 Tenth Midwest Biennial, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
PUBLICATIONS (Partial List)
2003 St. Petersburg Times (Article)
1997 SENSE AND NONSENSE, 4th Edition (Drawings)
1996 Art in America, May (Front Page)
1993 Justin Vineyards (Artist’s Wine Label Series)
1993 Tampa Tribune, July (Review)
1984 Art & Oxygen, Winter (Article)
1983 Artspeak, June (Review)
1982 Communicator’s Journal, Cover Paintings (3)
PROFESSIONAL ART DIRECTION/PHOTOGRAPHY/WRITINGS
Union Pacific’s theater-in-the-round Spokane World’s Fair
Multimedia presentations: Carnegie Hall - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre
Celebrated Clients: Isaac Asimov - Mannheim Steamroller - Edie Adams - C. W. McCall
27 Fortune 500 Companys’ Annual Reports
Fashion photography: Studio and Location worldwide
Co-author of the novel: Estados Unidos/UNITED STATES  Presidents Sold: Thomas Jefferson - Chester A. Arthur
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