President Bush's New
Exhibition to Include Painting of Vladimir Putin
http://www.latinopost.com/articles/5339/20140403/president-bushs-new-exhibition-to-include-painting-of-vladimir-putin.htm
Former President George W.
Bush may not have picked the best time to debut one of his new paintings in an
upcoming exhibition.
President Bush will unveil
two dozen portraits he painted of world leaders at his presidential library
Friday, and one of them will be a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin,
the New York Daily
Bush told his daughter,
Jenna, in an NBC interview that none of the leaders featured in his exhibit
have seen the portraits yet.
"I hope they take it in
the spirit in which these were painted in," he said in the interview,
which is set to air Friday on the "Today" show.
"That was the spirit of
friendship. And you know, I admire them as leaders and was willing to give it a
shot in terms of getting people to see how I felt about them."
Bush also spoke out against
the computer hacker who hacked into his personal email account and publicized
his artistic hobby to the world in Feb. 2013.
"I was annoyed," he
said. "It's an invasion of one's privacy."
Some of his earlier paintings
that were leaked included renderings of Texas
landscapes, a portrait of his beloved, recently passed dog Barney and a
self-portrait of himself in the bathtub.
"I found it very
interesting the first painting that came out was the one I painted of myself in
the bathtub. I did so because I wanted to kind of shock my instructor," he
joked.
The exhibition of his newest
paintings of world leaders will also include portraits of former British Prime
Minister Tony Blair and the Dalai Lama.
However, his portrait of
Putin may not be well received. The Russian leader has recently been denounced
by major world powers and the United Nations for his annexation of Crimea, as well as for his country's stringent anti-gay
laws.
Bush's exhibit will open at
the Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas
on Friday.
George W. Bush to celebrate
Vladimir Putin with portrait, President reveals in daddy-daughter interview
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/bush-reveal-putin-portrait-presidential-library-article-1.1744180
Bush’s art exhibit will open
at the Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas on Friday.
The timing couldn’t be any
worse for George W. Bush’s art debut.
The former President will
unveil two dozen portraits of world leaders at his presidential library on
Friday, including his portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In an daddy-daughter
interview for the "Today" show, the President revealed to Jenna Bush
Hager that none of the leaders featured in his exhibit have yet seen his
artistic rendering.
“I hope they take it in the
spirit in which these were painted in,” he told Hager in an NBC interview to
air Friday.
“That was the spirit of
friendship. And, you know, I admire them as leaders and was willing to give it
a shot in terms of getting people to see how I felt about them.”
The former first daughter
also asked her mother, Laura, what she thought about Bush's hobby.
George W. Bush will showcase
24 portraits he painted of world leaders at his presidential library in Dallas. Above, he presents
a portrait of Jay Leno to the talk show host in November 2013.
Dining & Diplomacy
http://www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/Home/Photos-and-Videos/Flip-Book/Dining-and-Diplomacy/Dining-and-Diplomacy
http://www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/
"The Art of Leadership:
A President's Personal Diplomacy" at the George W. Bush Presidential
Library and Museum, running April 5 through June 3, 2014. (Photo by Kim Leeson
for the George W. Bush Presidential Center)