Object Details
- Artist
- William H. Johnson, born Florence, SC 1901-died Central Islip, NY 1970
- Sitter
- Winston Churchill
- Chiang Kai-shek
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Exhibition Label
- Johnson copied a photograph from Life magazine to commemorate the historic meeting between U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt (center), Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (left), and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (right) in Cairo in November 1943. Palm trees and pyramids identify the location, as does the green Egyptian flag at the top edge of the painting.
- Roosevelt had multiple goals when he invited the Chinese leader and British prime minister to meet. He wanted to confirm U.S. support for China and sketch out a vision for the postwar future in which a world power in each major region of the globe would keep peace. In a photo op following the meeting, the three heads of state issued a press release that confirmed China's status as one of the four allied Great Powers.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation
- ca. 1945
- Object number
- 1967.59.663
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 28 5/8 x 36 1/2 in. (72.7 x 92.7 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- History\United States\World War II
- Portrait male\full length
- Portrait male\full length
- Portrait male\full length
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- Record ID
- saam_1967.59.663
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk772ff1ef7-780b-4489-a552-f13d1dd7b729
