Oprah Winfrey (painting) explained
Oprah Winfrey |
Artist: | Shawn Michael Warren |
Medium: | oil on linen |
Subject: | Oprah Winfrey |
Height Imperial: | 70 |
Width Imperial: | 56 |
Imperial Unit: | in |
City: | Washington, D.C. |
An oil painting of Oprah Winfrey by Shawn Michael Warren was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., in 2023.[1] [2] [3]
The painting depicts a smiling Winfrey in a voluminous purple taffeta dress by Christian Siriano, its color referring to her first film role in Steven Spielberg's 1985 version of The Color Purple.[1] Winfrey is depicted walking across a grass lawn amid the oak trees of the verdant prayer garden at her estate in Montecito, California,[3] holding an olive branch in her left hand.[1]
The artist received the commission after painting a mural of Winfrey in the West Loop neighborhood of Chicago in 2020, near where Winfrey's Harpo Studios had been located until 2015.[4] The full-length portrait measures approximately . It has been added to the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.[5]
Notes and References
- Web site: What the purple dress in Oprah Winfrey's new portrait really means . December 14, 2023 . www.bbc.com.
- News: Kennicott . Philip . December 13, 2023 . Perspective The age of Oprah is over, but her vision is now framed in Washington . en-US . The Washington Post . December 14, 2023 . 0190-8286.
- Web site: Oprah Winfrey dons purple gown for Smithsonian painting: Inside the portrait unveiling . December 14, 2023 . USA TODAY . en-US . January 3, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240103211707/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/12/13/oprah-winfrey-portrait-unveiling-smithsonian-museum/71833570007/ . live .
- Web site: France . Lisa Respers . December 13, 2023 . Oprah Winfrey honored with portrait at Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery . December 15, 2023 . CNN . en . December 15, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231215005349/https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/13/entertainment/oprah-winfrey-smithsonian-portrait/index.html . live .
- https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/oprah-winfrey Commissioned Portrait of Oprah Winfrey