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"Ich Bin Ein Berliner"

Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts President Kennedy in Berlin giving his famous "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" speech. Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "President Kennedy was well received by over a million people on his trip to Berlin, Germany where he made his famous remark 'Ich Bin Ein Berliner'".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.

Object Details
Object title:

"Ich Bin Ein Berliner"

Date:

1968 - 1985

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

26 x 48 in. (66 x 121.9 cm)

Credit line:

Bernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2011.034.0047

"Ich Bin Ein Berliner"

Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts President Kennedy in Berlin giving his famous "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" speech. Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "President Kennedy was well received by over a million people on his trip to Berlin, Germany where he made his famous remark 'Ich Bin Ein Berliner'".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.

Object Details
Object title:

"Ich Bin Ein Berliner"

Date:

1968 - 1985

Terms:

Artwork

Artist

Foreign policy

Berlin Wall

Crowds

Kennedy, John F.

Stetzel, Bernadine

Fremont

Berlin

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

26 x 48 in. (66 x 121.9 cm)

Credit line:

Bernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2011.034.0047