So are we not going to talk about how atrocious the Obama portraits are?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Obama looks like an LSD induced hallucination involving the POTUS and a growhouse. Michelle Obama looks like a ghost. I hope these artistic monstrosities are stored in the basement until a better portrait is commissioned.

[Doimper]

who care

[Don't blame me I voted for Harris]

There is nothing wrong with the portraits.

[fluffypanther19]

I didn't want to say it, but I thought they were very ugly. however, if Barack and Michelle are happy, then that is all that really matters

[Jeppe]

I really liked them, especially Michelle’s.

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

I think Barack's portrait is nice, Michelle's is kinda meh.

[DINGO Joe]

It's art, deplorables aren't supposed to get that.  Maybe Trump will have his playing poker with dogs and you can enjoy that.

[インターネット掲示板ユーザー Punxsutawney Phil]

Both are great portraits.

[Cold War Liberal]

They're really inventive and extremely unorthodox for POTUS/FLOTUS portraits, and I love that. They are very good and I don't understand the hate.

Also, if you look at the portfolios of the artists and compare the POTUS/FLOTUS portraits, they're exactly in line with other pieces they have done.

[Drop Billionaires, Not Bombs]

They suck and I really hope they find another artist and not display those embarrassments in the White House.


Funnily enough, I think Obama has the worst presidential portrait and Dubya has arguably one of the best:

[DFL]

I really like the surrealism of Obama's. Sure it's unconventional, but heck it's wicked.

Michelle's tho... It doesn't even really look like her :/

[Alabama_Indy10]

Michelle’s isn’t bad. I don’t like the President’s whatsoever.

[Illiniwek]

I absolutely hate them. Michelle's is uninteresting, and Barack's looks ridiculous.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I really like the surrealism of Obama's. Sure it's unconventional, but heck it's wicked.

Michelle's tho... It doesn't even really look like her :/

Yeah Barack’s is passable but good Lord the Michelle portrait is awful.

[|˶˙ᵕ˙ )ﾉﾞ]

They are both terrible and unprofessional paintings

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Even George Bush could have done a better job. And not in an oh-his-presidency-was-so-awful-these-look-good-by-comparison way either

[ponderosa peen 🌲]

They're both awesome. Barack's reminds me of this (one of my favorite album covers):



Boo hoo, it's not some stiff office shot. Expand your horizons.

[kyc0705]

I like them, but this is also my favorite contemporary political portrait, so perhaps I'm just unfairly inclined to anything untraditional:

[Santander]

W could've painted better portraits than those.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

I hate them but meh who cares

These aren’t the official White House portraits though right?

[Ban my account ffs!]

I really like the surrealism of Obama's. Sure it's unconventional, but heck it's wicked.

Michelle's tho... It doesn't even really look like her :/

Yeah Barack’s is passable but good Lord the Michelle portrait is awful.

I mean... like you're passable but your smoking habit is awful.  THe gas station girl takes the good with the bad.

[fluffypanther19]

I really like the surrealism of Obama's. Sure it's unconventional, but heck it's wicked.

Michelle's tho... It doesn't even really look like her :/

Yeah Barack’s is passable but good Lord the Michelle portrait is awful.

yeah, I don't like Barack's background, but his actual figure is ok to fine...Michelle's is undeniable ugly though  and doesn't look like her at all

[fluffypanther19]

I hate them but meh who cares

These aren’t the official White House portraits though right?

to clarify these are for the Smithsonian; and the official White House ones will be revealed later... the Smithsonian portraits tend to be more abstract

[KingSweden]

I hate them but meh who cares

These aren’t the official White House portraits though right?

Correct. The WH ones are usually more accurate, too. The only really abstract one is JFK’s

[RINO Tom]

They're bad.