Reason not to finish a painting: Death of the sitter

[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”9597″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][vc_column_text]For this unfinished painting, the artist did not die. The sitter did.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][image_with_animation image_url=”9598″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text]In 1945, Elizabeth Shoumatoff was commissioned to paint a portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.  At noon on April 12, Shaumatoff began her work. That afternoon Roosevelt said, “I have a terrific pain in the back of my head.” He then slumped forward in his chair, unconscious, and was carried into his bedroom. He was diagnosed with a massive cerebral hemorrhage. At 3:35 pm Roosevelt died.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][image_with_animation image_url=”9601″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text]Elizabeth Shoumatoff never finished the portrait, but she later painted a new one, this time with a blue tie instead of red.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][image_with_animation image_url=”9592″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_column_text](Source: https://dirkdeklein.net/2017/04/12/the-unfinished-portrait-of-franklin-d-roosevelt/)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]