Lincoln Assassination Paintings/Depictions

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(01-13-2015 05:20 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  

(01-13-2015 03:40 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(01-13-2015 02:32 PM)BettyO Wrote:  It certainly appears to be a modern painting to me - perhaps it's the bright colors - it doesn't appear faded as most old paintings do....

Laurie and Betty, I was curious about the attribution also. I wonder if a mistake was made. Here is a definite work by Eastman Johnson.

And here's one by Eastman Johnson painted in similarly bright colors:
http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=13275
Eastman Johnson was the co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.

Thanks for the info on Johnson being a co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Lincoln scholar and prolific writer Harold Holzer is a Vice President of the Museum. When I get back to work with a computer that will allow me to email (my home one is playing games and hibernating for the winter), I shall contact Harold to see what information he can share. He will also be speaking at the Surratt conference.