Skip to main content
"The Inauguration"
"The Inauguration"

"The Inauguration"

Object number2011.034.0018
Date1968 - 1985
ClassificationsArt
Artist Bernadine Stetzel
ObjectArtwork
Credit LineBernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions20 x 28 in. (50.8 x 71.1 cm)
DescriptionOil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy being greeted by President Eisenhower prior to the inauguration. Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "John F. Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy are greeted before the inauguration by President Eisenhower." 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.
"The Eternal Flame"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"The Gift Outright"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"Fireworks"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"Berlin"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"Summit in Vienna"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"A Warm Greeting"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"JFK and RFK"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"J.F.K. and Son"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"A Final Salute"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"Portrait of J.F.K."
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"Swearing in Ceremonies"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985
"JFK Campaigning"
Bernadine Stetzel
1968 - 1985