First lady portraits

Lady Bird Johnson initiated the Beautification Project to improve the quality of life for residents of Washington, D.C. through the renewal and improvement of public spaces.

J.C. Leyendecker is my favorite commercial illustrator of all time. John Singer Sargent is my favorite fine art oil painter ever. Both of them belong to history now, even though their work lives on as a testament to their greatness. Of the many living masters of the present day whose work I love to look at is the acclaimed portrait artist Everett Raymond Kinstler. One of many portraits by Everett Raymond Kinstler in the National Portrait Gallery. Kinstler is the John Singer Sargent of…

Portrait of Diana Princess of Wales (in her wedding dress) by John Stanton Ward (British), oil on canvas, genre: Portraiture, 1984 #DianaPrincessOfWales #JohnStantonWard

An ode to a wonderful president and an incredibly dapper dude.

THE Duke of Westminster has died aged 64 after suddenly falling ill with a suspected heart attack. Billionaire landowner Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, who was once Britain’s wealthiest man, die…

Kate Middleton has been experimenting with her fashion lately to not only reflect her new-ish title as Princess of Wales, but to also show how she's stepping into the modern era of the royal family. Her latest look, a red cape dress designed by Catherine Walker & Co, demonstrated just how far she's willing to go for her fresh contemporary look. The dress was a showstopper with its large bow and gorgeous tailoring, but it's the unexpected high slit that has everyone talking. When Kate exited…

From a teenaged JFK to Jackie's later years in New York.

A few years into their marriage, Jackie Kennedy came to accept John F. Kennedy as ‘an atypical husband’ and told him she missed him when he was away campaigning.