#President portraits series

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum and President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site,

John Milton Cooper, Jr., Nell Irvin Painter William Howard Taft National Historic Site, Simon, Allan Ballard, Ulysses Grant Dietz Note: In addition to the interviewees listed, each program featured a variety of other experts, many of whom were employed by or volunteered for the historical sites from which the programs were being broadcast. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump, and tours with exhibits of those portraits. The museum works directly with White House staff to. Since then, Fagan has also painted portraits of George W. Since 1962, the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Washington, DC, has received official commissioned portraits of the nation’s presidents. In September 1999, Union Station in Washington, D.C., hosted a display of Fagan's presidential portraits. He was given a 90-day window from the time he agreed to the assignment until the time that the project needed to be complete.

#President portraits series

For creating a series that perfectly embodies the essence of public service in electronic communications, a Peabody Award is presented to C-SPAN for 'American Presidents: Life Portraits.' Presidential portraits Īrtist Chas Fagan was commissioned by C-SPAN to paint portraits of each of the 41 men who had held the office of U.S. Lamb remains on point: good television often takes time, requires few special effects and demands (and rewards) good listening. The tone set by chairman and CEO (and reluctant air personality) Brian P. From the sites, noted biographers, presidential scholars, descendants, and other guests presented revealing information and assessments of the life, times and legacies of the presidents. Excerpts of the official rationale for that award appear below: (Despite serving two non-consecutive terms, Grover Cleveland was only profiled on one program.) Īmerican Presidents was awarded a George Foster Peabody Award in 1999. Subsequent programs featured each president in succession, concluding with Bill Clinton on December 20, 1999. The National Portrait Gallery, located inside the Smithsonian, houses over 1600 presidential portraits in their collection. These fine art portraits are a way to honor each president’s extraordinary life and contribution to American democracy. The first program aired on March 15, 1999, and profiled George Washington. Each portrait is unique, expressing the artist’s skills of depicting life and legacy. The series served as a commemoration of C-SPAN's 20th anniversary. Episodes were broadcast from locations of importance to the profiled president, featured interviews with historians and other experts, and incorporated calls from viewers. Each episode was aired live, and was a two- to three-hour look at the life and times of one particular president of the United States. American television series American Presidents: Life PortraitsĪmerican Writers: A Journey Through HistoryĪmerican Presidents: Life Portraits is a series produced by C-SPAN in 1999.