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| Keywords: Troosevelt.png Artwork Creator John Singer Sargent Theodore Roosevelt 1903 oil on canvas cm 147 6 101 6 White House Washington D C United States Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt slightly cropped Notes from Kloss William et al Art in the White House A Nation's Pride Washington D C The White House Historical Association 2008 <br> In Roosevelt's official presidential portrait Sargent seized upon two of the President's most salient characteristics physical vitality and a self-assurance bordering on arrogance and he painted a tour de force of nuanced blacks grays browns and creams The famous expatriate artist arrived in America in January 1903 and soon received a letter from Roosevelt inviting him to live in the White House during the month of February to work on the portrait Together Sargent and Roosevelt toured the White House while Sargent looked for proper light and a good pose As Roosevelt led the way upstairs so the story goes he said 'The trouble with you Sargent is that you don't know what you want ' 'No ' replied the artist the trouble Mr President is that you don't know what a pose means ' Roosevelt turned sharply back grasped the newel-post and snapped 'Don't I ' 'Don't move an inch You've got it now ' responded Sargent Sargent formalized the pose as an official portrait demands but the highly colored face and hand bring the painting to vivid life The expression--a near scowl with narrowed eyes focused on the view--and the vigorously modeled head compel attention and respect http //www whitehouse gov/history/presidents/tr26 html now archived at http //web archive org/web/20041110103418/www whitehouse gov/history/presidents/images/tr26 gif linked from http //web archive org/web/20041110103412/http //www whitehouse gov/history/presidents/tr26 html Other versions thumb left high resolution JPEG thumb left low resolution JPEG PD-old-auto-1923 1925 1903 portrait paintings Male portrait paintings by John Singer Sargent Paintings of Theodore Roosevelt Original upload log wikitable - - 2004-11-12 02 57 25 175 × 262 27945 bytes Shizhao <nowiki>Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt 1858-1919 PD-USGov See http //www whitehouse gov/history/presidents/tr26 html </nowiki> | ||||
