A Portrait of Abraham Lincoln – George Henry Story, 1915
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description: A Portrait of Abraham Lincoln by George Henry Story, 1915Framed Canvas ArtThis formal oil portrait presents Abraham Lincoln in three-quarter view against a richly layered background of deep umber, warm ochre, and smoky sienna that dissolves into near-darkness at the edges. Lincoln's face commands the composition: the deep-set, reflective eyes carry a gravity that Story renders with remarkable psychological precision, the brow slightly furrowed, the mouth set in a composed half-expression that reads as considered rather than stern. The high white collar and black cravat anchor the figure against the dark ground, while the muted reddish-brown of the chair back introduces the only warm accent below the face. Light falls from the upper left in a manner consistent with academic realism, illuminating the left side of Lincoln's face and leaving the right in soft shadow, giving the portrait a sculptural, three-dimensional presence. The overall tonal range moves from near-black in the background corners through mid-toned flesh and fabric to the crisp white of the shirtfront, a range that Story handles with the controlled restraint of a painter trained in the American academic tradition.George Henry Story (1835-1920) occupied a singular position in Lincoln's world: he was one of the few artists to have direct, personal access to the sixteenth president, having first met Lincoln in Washington during the Civil War years. Story later served for decades as Curator of Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and it was in that capacity, drawing on his personal recollections and study of earlier life photographs and portraits, that he produced several refined portraits of Lincoln in the years following the president's death. The 1915 version in particular is considered among the most psychologically probing of Story's Lincoln images, painted half a century after the president's assassination yet informed by firsthand memory rather than mere reference material. Story…
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  value: Gold, Silver, Dark Bronze
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