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"Kennedy and Hoover"

Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy speaking with J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI. Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy are shown here with FBI director J. Edgar Hoover."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:

"Kennedy and Hoover"

Date:

1968 - 1985

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

12 x 20 in. (30.5 x 50.8 cm)

Credit line:

Bernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2011.034.0032

"Kennedy and Hoover"

Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy speaking with J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI. Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "President Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy are shown here with FBI director J. Edgar Hoover."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:

"Kennedy and Hoover"

Date:

1968 - 1985

Terms:

Artwork

Artist

Kennedy, Robert F.

Hoover, J. Edgar

Kennedy, John F.

Stetzel, Bernadine

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Fremont

Washington, D.C.

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

12 x 20 in. (30.5 x 50.8 cm)

Credit line:

Bernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2011.034.0032