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President Barack Obama

painting by Kehinde Wiley
VisualArtwork painting Q50303833
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Summary

President Barack Obama is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,080 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Kehinde Wiley[3]
  • Genre: portrait[4]
  • Depicts: Barack Obama[5], Chrysanthemum[6], jasmine[7], Agapanthus[8], Hedera[9], armchair[10]
  • Made from material: oil paint[11], canvas[12]
  • Collection: National Portrait Gallery[13]
  • Inventory number: NPG.2018.16[14]
  • Location: National Portrait Gallery[15]
  • Country of origin: United States[16]
  • Inception: February 2018[17]
  • Publication date: February 2018[18]
  • Main subject: Barack Obama[19]
  • Title: President Barack Obama[20]
  • Pendant of: First Lady Michelle Obama[21]
  • Height: 213.7 cm[22]
  • Width: 147 cm[23]
  • Thickness: 3.2 cm[24]
  • Model: Barack Obama[25]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[26]

Why It Matters

President Barack Obama is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . npg.si.edu. npg.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . npg.si.edu. npg.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . npg.si.edu. npg.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . npg.si.edu. npg.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . npg.si.edu. npg.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . npg.si.edu. npg.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . npg.si.edu. npg.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . npg.si.edu. npg.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . npg.si.edu. npg.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . npg.si.edu. npg.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . artsandculture.google.com. Retrieved . artsandculture.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Bsherr · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Smithsonian resource id → npg_NPG.2018.16
    National portrait gallery (united states) object id → NPG.2018.16
    Instance of → painting
    Made from material → oil paint, canvas
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Copyright status: copyrighted"
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