George Washington, #6,903
Howard Finster
American, 1916–2001

Details
Title
George Washington, #6,903
Artist/Maker
Howard Finster (American, 1916–2001)
Date
1987
Medium
Paint on board
Dimensions
48 x 48 1/8 inches
Credit
T. Marshall Hahn Collection
Accession #
1997.71
George Washington was the subject of Finster’s first painting, and the artist continued to portray his hero in a wide array of poses and at different ages. Finster felt a mystical connection to Washington, who also serves here as a figure of loss, evincing the painter’s nostalgia for a potent kind of integrity he felt the modern world had forgotten. In this portrait, the president’s head materializes amid a proliferation of details that blends Washington’s torso with the background and renders him at once spiritual and physical as his massive face rises amid the throng.
Image Copyright
© Howard Finster/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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