Radio Open Source | Jamie Wyeth on Painting JFK @radioopensource6857 | Uploaded May 2017 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
In John F. Kennedy’s hundredth birthday Spring, we’re looking again at the family portrait we all know, by the painter Jamie Wyeth.
His canvas summoned the late president as a ruddy sort of ghost, face aglow against deep brown shadows, beefy hand in front of his chin, eyes all alert but just out of alignment, one looks into you, one past you. He’s returned from another place, mouth open a crack, not quite smiling. The mind of an A student, hesitating, kindling a wise-crack, maybe hiding something, pain of injury perhaps, or illness. He looks not combative exactly but forceful, open to the fun of teasing or an argument, open to the pleasure of his own company.
In John F. Kennedy’s hundredth birthday Spring, we’re looking again at the family portrait we all know, by the painter Jamie Wyeth.
His canvas summoned the late president as a ruddy sort of ghost, face aglow against deep brown shadows, beefy hand in front of his chin, eyes all alert but just out of alignment, one looks into you, one past you. He’s returned from another place, mouth open a crack, not quite smiling. The mind of an A student, hesitating, kindling a wise-crack, maybe hiding something, pain of injury perhaps, or illness. He looks not combative exactly but forceful, open to the fun of teasing or an argument, open to the pleasure of his own company.
