Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Shoumatoff, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1973, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Shoumatoff, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1973, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

17

Description:

How Shoumatoff became a presidential portrait painter; planning with Mrs. Johnson the portraits of FDR, LBJ and Mrs. Johnson for the White House; painting portraits of LBJ, Luci and Lynda Bird; process of painting: photographs, sketches, number and locations of sittings, comparison of FDR’s and LBJ’s behavior during sittings; visits to LBJ Ranch; Clark Clifford’s involvement in Mrs. Johnson’s portrait; how Shoumatoff found out that a portrait she painted would be used for a stamp.

Contributor:

Shoumatoff, Elizabeth

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Elizabeth Shoumatoff

Subject:

LBJ Ranch

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details