Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Artwork under copyright: Artwork © Estate of Alfred Jonniaux.
Portrait Painting of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Artifact IDMO 1977.15
Object Type
Painting
Artist
Alfred Jonniaux
(Belgian painter, 1882 - 1974)
Date1958
Mediumpainting: paint (oil), canvas
frame: wood, paint
frame: wood, paint
Dimensionsframe H 47 in x W 40 in (119.4 cm x 101.6 cm )
painting H 39 in x W 32 in (99.1 cm x 81.3 cm )
painting H 39 in x W 32 in (99.1 cm x 81.3 cm )
Physical DescriptionAn oil on canvas portrait painting of Franklin D. Roosevelt from the waist up, seated in a brown leather chair at a desk and gazing forward. He is wearing a gray pinstriped suit jacket, a white shirt, and a black necktie with white dots. On the desk is a document that FDR is in the process of signing with his right hand while his left hand rests on the desk and paper. The painting is signed by the artist in the lower right corner: “A. JONNIAUX.”
The painting is framed in a gilt wood frame.
Historical NoteBasil O'Connor commissioned this 1958 portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt from artist Alfred Jonniaux who created it using two photographs of FDR as inspiration. Daniel Basil O'Connor (1892-1972) was a longtime friend and political adviser to FDR. He was Roosevelt's law partner from 1925 to 1933, and later served as president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis-March of Dimes drive against poliomyelitis. The painting is framed in a gilt wood frame.
After its completion, the portrait hung in the office of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (now the March of Dimes). Following O'Connor's death, his widow, Hazel Dillmeier, donated the portrait to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in 1976.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Hazel Dillmeier in 1976.
Credit LineGift of Hazel Dillmeier
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPortraits (National Archives Identifier 778816)
Use Restriction StatusRestricted - FullyCopyright© Estate of Alfred Jonniaux / 1958.
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