New Trump-Approved Portrait Going up at Colorado Capitol After President Complained About the Original
- Former state Sen. Lois Court unilaterally replaced the original Trump portrait with a White House-donated painting at the Colorado State Capitol on Thursday.
- The replacement followed Trump’s March complaints on Truth Social that the original 2019 portrait painted by Sarah Boardman was 'purposefully distorted' and 'truly the worst.'
- The new portrait by Vanessa Horabuena from Tempe, Arizona, closely resembles Trump's official second-term photograph and will hang temporarily in the Capitol's third-floor rotunda.
- Boardman stated in April that Trump’s accusations have directly and negatively impacted her 41-year-old art business, now at risk of not recovering, while the Capitol Advisory Committee plans a thorough September review of all presidential portraits.
- Colorado’s legislative leaders have decided to exhibit the recently received portrait of President Trump on a provisional basis as they consider how to handle the Capitol’s presidential portrait collection moving forward.
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New Trump portrait set for unveiling at Colorado Capitol after president complained about old one
A new, White House-approved portrait of President Donald Trump will soon hang in the Colorado State Capitol. The new portrait bears a close resemblance to Trump’s official photograph for his second term in office, albeit with him wearing a blue tie in the painting versus a red one in the photo. The painting casts Trump against a black background instead of the textured brown and black in the portraits of his predecessors. A new portrait of Presi…
Portrait of Donald Trump donated by White House will hang temporarily in Colorado Capitol where painting he despised used to be
The Capitol Building Advisory Committee had been discussing whether to replace the presidential portraits hanging in the building’s third-floor rotunda with paintings of the state’s former governors
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