The official portraits of former president Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama were unveiled at the Smithsonian’s National Gallery Monday.
Twitter users brutally mocked Michelle Obama’s portrait after the unveiling.
The Washington Examiner reported on the artists:
The former Democratic president’s portrait was painted by Kehinde Wiley, who is known for his vivid, large-scale paintings of African-Americans.
The former first lady’s painting was done by Amy Sherald, a Baltimore-based artist who won the Gallery’s 2016 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.
The Smithsonian’s official Twitter account posted videos of the unveiling on Monday.
Presenting the #ObamaPortraits: President @BarackObama’s portrait by @kehindewileyart and Mrs. @MichelleObama’s portrait by Amy Sherald.
Both will be on view starting tomorrow at our @NPG. About the artists: https://t.co/ed4LlI52Od #myNPG pic.twitter.com/Q3K9C5F7yI
— Smithsonian (@smithsonian) February 12, 2018
Video of the unveiling of Barack Hussein Obama’s official portrait:
Unveiling President @BarackObama’s portrait by @kehindewileyart. #myNPG #ObamaPortraits pic.twitter.com/0281UasPSt
— Smithsonian (@smithsonian) February 12, 2018
Video of the unveiling of Michelle Obama’s portrait:
Revealing Mrs. @MichelleObama’s portrait by Amy Sherald #ObamaPortraits #myNPG pic.twitter.com/gxPdvfnXWZ
— Smithsonian (@smithsonian) February 12, 2018
Twitter users mocked the bizarre portraits.
LOVE the new portrait of Michelle Obama pic.twitter.com/c4OXHhFOw6
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 12, 2018
Who did the artist actually paint. It damn sure wasn’t Michelle, I mean Michael.
— Robert Norris (@rnorris4) February 12, 2018
The portrait is a joke, just like her! LOL!
— Uncle Sam (@usa1patriotman) February 12, 2018
Wow quite a presidential portrait Obama pic.twitter.com/GlvljHSBVR
— Chicago Reader (@Chicago_Reader) February 12, 2018
Meanwhile, at the National Portrait Gallery pic.twitter.com/tYSeqPfRDI
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) February 12, 2018
Fixed pic.twitter.com/nTUlNOQH6D
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) February 12, 2018
Haha…, where’s the muscles? Did they put them on Barrack?
— James Harris (@james_jjh111) February 12, 2018
Am I the only one who thinks Michelle Obama’s portrait look absolutely nothing like her? It looks more like a cross between Beyoncé & JoLo than Mooch. pic.twitter.com/aFHsxnqv0b
— CC (@ChristiChat) February 12, 2018
