Jackie and John (Jackie fixing John’s hair)">Elizabeth Peyton, Jackie and John (Jackie fixing John’s hair) , 1999
Oil on board 14 x 11 in. Collection Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Winter [Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr.]
Oil on board 14 x 11 in. Collection Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Winter [Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr.]
Berlin (Tony)">Elizabeth Peyton, Berlin (Tony) , 2000
Oil on canvas 40 x 30 in. Private collection [Tony Just, artist]
Oil on canvas 40 x 30 in. Private collection [Tony Just, artist]
Ben Drawing">Elizabeth Peyton, Ben Drawing , 2001
Oil on board 10-1/8 x 8-1/4 in. Collection Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh A.W. Mellon Acquisition Endowment, 2001 [Ben Brunnemer, Peyton’s assistant from 2000–2004]
Oil on board 10-1/8 x 8-1/4 in. Collection Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh A.W. Mellon Acquisition Endowment, 2001 [Ben Brunnemer, Peyton’s assistant from 2000–2004]
John Lennon">Elizabeth Peyton, John Lennon , 1996
ink on paper 13-1/4 x 11 in. Collection Walker Art Center Miriam and Erwin Kelen Acquisition Fund for Drawings, 1996
ink on paper 13-1/4 x 11 in. Collection Walker Art Center Miriam and Erwin Kelen Acquisition Fund for Drawings, 1996
Michelle and Sasha Obama Listening to Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention August 2008">Elizabeth Peyton, Michelle and Sasha Obama Listening to Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention August 2008 , 2008
Oil on board 14-1/4 x 11-1/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York
Oil on board 14-1/4 x 11-1/4 in. Courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York
I lamented on these images that I saw a couple years ago, and it took me some time to recall the artist's name, Elizabeth Payton. I am attracted to her vibrant color and the narrative that she captures in her portraits, as well as, the reverie she seems to capture of close subjects such as her friends and the cultural content she relays through historical figures and personal heroes.
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