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"1960 Convention"
Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts 1960 Democratic National Convention. Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "On July 14, 1960, John F. Kennedy was nominated as the Democratic candidate for the presidency. The national convention was held in Los Angeles that year."An enthusiastic supporter of John F. Kennedy, Stetzel was devastated by the assassination. Shortly after visiting the president’s gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery in 1968, she began work on a series of paintings that depicted the life of the late president. Between 1968 and 1985, with a long break in the middle, Bernadine Stetzel created 71 works that followed John F. Kennedy from his christening ceremony to the eternal flame at his gravesite.
"1960 Convention"
1968 - 1985
Oil on canvas
33 x 43 in. (83.8 x 109.2 cm)
Bernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2011.034.0015
"1960 Convention"
Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts 1960 Democratic National Convention. Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "On July 14, 1960, John F. Kennedy was nominated as the Democratic candidate for the presidency. The national convention was held in Los Angeles that year."An enthusiastic supporter of John F. Kennedy, Stetzel was devastated by the assassination. Shortly after visiting the president’s gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery in 1968, she began work on a series of paintings that depicted the life of the late president. Between 1968 and 1985, with a long break in the middle, Bernadine Stetzel created 71 works that followed John F. Kennedy from his christening ceremony to the eternal flame at his gravesite.
"1960 Convention"
1968 - 1985
Artwork
Artist
1960 presidential election
Presidential campaign
Kennedy, John F.
Stetzel, Bernadine
Fremont
Los Angeles
Democratic National Convention
Oil on canvas
33 x 43 in. (83.8 x 109.2 cm)
Bernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2011.034.0015