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But a museum spokesperson told ABC News that they have not received any requests from the Clintons to remove the portrait. The revelation of Clinton’s affair with Lewinsky, a White House intern, created a firestorm in American politics and led to the president’s impeachment in 1998. A museum spokesperson told ABC News that they have not received any requests from the Clintons to remove the portrait. The portrait is currently not on display, but it is in the museum’s gallery of collection.
Behind the president is George P.A. Healey's "The Peacemakers," a painting of Abraham Lincoln meeting with Generals Ulysses Grant and William Sherman and Admiral David Porter in the closing days of the Civil War. Its inclusion is apparently a nod to Bush's international successes—the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and the defeat of Saddam Hussein in the first Gulf War. A woman who visited the Epstein residence before his July arrest confirmed the existence of the Clinton painting to the Daily Mail. “In 2012, as a grad student at the New York Academy of Art, I painted pictures of Presidents Clinton and Bush as part of my master’s thesis,” explained Petrina Ryan-Kleid in a statement to The Post on Thursday. The Clintons, however, had no idea the scandal was a part of the painting.
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Jun-Lyn Fontanilla was named by Jennifer Araoz in 2019 as helping to facilitate Epstein’s abuse, but since Fontanilla is dead no prosecution can be pursued. The images do, however, paint a picture of the people who would visit Epstein’s New York mansion and democratic politicians Bill Clinton and John Kerry are clearly seen with the peodphile’s former maids. A picture taken by an anonymous source who knew Epstein depicts former President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office wearing White House intern Monica Lewinsky’s blue dress posing provocatively in a lounge chair. Previous reports from people who had been inside of Epstein’s townhouse before his death seem to confirm this story, with one even managing to take a picture of the painting with a cellphone, noting its ridiculous nature. Bill Clinton was friends with Epstein over many years, and allegedly flew on Epstein’s private plane dubbed the “Lolita Express” many times, he also denies he has been to Epstein’s private island.
The color of the dress seemed to be a not-so-subtle reference to Bill Clinton’s former intern Monica Lewinsky, who wore blue dress during their sexual encounter in the Oval Office. British newspaper The Daily Mail exclusively obtained the photo of the portrait from a source who also said she spotted a Hispanic girl who appeared to be about 14 years old waiting to meet with Epstein. While the National Portrait Gallery said the portrait remains in rotation, it's not the first time it's generated controversy -- Shanks also left Clinton's wedding ring out of the painting. CBS News reached out to former President Clinton and Lewinsky and did not receive comment. In fact, Clinton was shown to have flown to Epstein’s so-called “Pedophile Island” on his “Lolita Express” private jet at least 26 times, according to flight flogs. From hair trends to relationship advice, our daily newsletter has everything you need to sound like a person who’s on TikTok, even if you aren’t.
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Shanks said it was his goal to paint an important part of his subject's history, and in this case, that history led to Shanks to place a hidden message within his depiction of the 42nd president, reports CBS News White House correspondent Bill Plante. Conspiracy theories have circulated online surrounding Epstein's apparent suicide, including some that imply former President Bill Clinton was linked to Epstein's death. Both Bill Clinton and Donald Trump were photographed partying with Epstein in the 1990s. Recently released private flight logs show Clinton, who was Epstein’s friend, rode on Epstein’s private jet, the Post reported. The portrait, dubbed “Sparring Clinton,” was created seven years ago by an Australian satirical artist based in New York City as part of her master’s thesis at the New York Academy of Art. With all of us waiting on the edge of their seats for Hillary's presidential announcement (fingers crossed!), it's disheartening to see that her husband's past apparently follows her wherever she goes.
While Ryan-Kleid’s original “Parsing Bill” is listed as sold on Saatchi, anyone can purchase a 10 x 10 fine art print for just $40. Frames are also available for $80, meaning the same picture of Bill Clinton in a dress could be hanging in your home for just $120. "I could never get this Monica thing completely out of my mind and it is subtly incorporated in the painting."Take Herbert Abrams's portrait of George H.W. Bush.
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This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Visit my archives for more of my latest articles and help out by following me on Twitter @bonchieredstate. In the meantime, if I never see Bill Clinton in a dress again, it’ll be too soon. Last month, it was reported that Epstein had a large portrait of himself wearing an orange jumpsuit in a prison yard surrounded by guard towers and barbed wire displayed prominently in his home. Daily news about the politics, business, and technology shaping our world.
Elaborating further, the woman said she was inside Epstein’s mansion for about 90 minutes and had communicated with his assistant, Lesley Groff. In a statement following Epstein’s arrest last month, Clinton said he “knows nothing about the terrible crimes” related to the convicted pedophile. The picture was secretly taken in Epstein’s mansion several years ago in October 2012, according to the report. And this one is way more famous than last week’s chameleon-like dress that made us all question our eyesight.
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“It was just a silly school artwork that was supposed to show, pictorially, the messages we are bombarded with in regards to these presidents,” Ryan-Kleid told ArtNetNews. Dress,” those cultural reminders of her dalliance as an intern with President Bill Clinton. Their clandestine and intermittent affair at the White House began in 1995 and nearly cost him the presidency. The New York Academy of Art specializes in traditional figurative painting, but encourages its students to explore a wide range of subject matter with those skills. Her pair of paintings of US presidents is a product of that training. The painting of Clinton was purchased from the 2012 Tribeca Ball, a fundraiser for the school, though she said that she hadn’t been aware of who bought it.
Jeffrey Epstein allegedly had a painting of Bill Clinton hanging up in his Manhattan home. The picture depicting the former president apparently lounging on a chair in the Oval Office wearing red heels and posing suggestively in a blue dress redolent of Monica Lewinsky was in a room off the stairway of the. The artist who painted the official portrait of President Bill Clinton says he quietly included a reference to the Monica Lewinsky scandal — and the infamous blue dress — in his painting. The dress is similar to one worn by Hillary Clinton at the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors“It was absolutely Bill Clinton.
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Clinton has however denied being on Epstein’s ‘pedophile island,’ Little St. James – a denial which Donald Trump sought to cast doubt on this week. Shanks told the Daily News the story when he was asked which subject was the hardest to capture. "I could never get this Monica thing completely out of my mind and it is subtly incorporated in the painting." Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting.
(Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)On Saturday, Aug. 10, Epstein was found unresponsive inside his jail cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City. The source added to the tabloid that she was “being led from the office” when she saw the alleged portrait. The 2001 portrait is part of the National Portrait Gallery’s collection, though Shanks says the 42nd president would like it removed. The 77-year-old Shanks, who has painted everyone from Princess Diana to Pope John Paul II, said Clinton was the hardest.
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