/internal/media/dispatcher/41504/full"The Debates"1968 - 198516 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)Oil on canvasBernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2011.034.00170Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts the John F. Kennedy in televised debate against Richard Nixon.
An enthusiastic supporter of John F. Kennedy, Stetzel was devastated by the assassination. Shortly after visiting the president’s gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery in 1968, she began work on a series of paintings that depicted the life of the late president. Between 1968 and 1985, with a long break in the middle, Bernadine Stetzel created 71 works that followed John F. Kennedy from his christening ceremony to the eternal flame at his gravesite.
Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "One of the four, first ever televised debates between Kennedy and Republican opponent Richard Nixon."Art6395750.800101600240.640081280232484Artwork0E-10Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts a televised debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "One of the four, first ever televised debates between Kennedy and Republican opponent Richard Nixon."
An enthusiastic supporter of John F. Kennedy, Stetzel was devastated by the assassination. Shortly after visiting the president’s gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery in 1968, she began work on a series of paintings that depicted the life of the late president. Between 1968 and 1985, with a long break in the middle, Bernadine Stetzel created 71 works that followed John F. Kennedy from his christening ceremony to the eternal flame at his gravesite.
ArtworkArtistPresidential campaignDebatesTelevision1960 presidential electionKennedy, John F.Nixon, Richard M.Stetzel, BernadineFremontChicago