Featured The Life and Presidency of Harry S. Truman
The White House Historical Association’s 2018 White House Christmas Ornament honors Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third president of the United St...
Calvin Coolidge
- Artist
- Charles S. Hopkinson
- Date of Work
- 1932
- Medium
- Oil on Canvas
- Type
- Portrait
- Credit
- White House Historical Association (White House Collection)
Calvin Coolidge
This oil on canvas portrait of Calvin Coolidge was painted by Charles S. Hopkinson in 1932.
This oil on canvas portrait of Calvin Coolidge was painted by Charles S. Hopkinson. Hopkinson was an award-winning painter who studied in New York, Paris, and Spain. Coolidge had served as governor of Massachusetts before becoming Warren G. Harding's vice president. Coolidge became president after Harding died in office and was then elected in his own right in 1924. He left office on March 4, 1929.
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