/internal/media/dispatcher/38562/full"Swearing in Ceremonies"1968 - 198531 x 47 in. (78.7 x 119.4 cm)Oil on canvasBernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2011.034.00200Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts John F. Kennedy being sworn in as president at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
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: "The swearing in ceremony of John F. Kennedy as the 35th President of the United States, at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 1961."Art63991119.380238760578.740157480332487Artwork0E-10Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel depicting John F. Kennedy's inauguration.
Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "The swearing in ceremony of John F. Kennedy as the 35th President of the United States, at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 1961."
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.
ArtworkArtistInaugurationCrowdsKennedy, John F.Stetzel, BernadineU.S. CapitolFremontWashington, D.C.Exhibit label: John F. Kennedy was sworn-in as the 35th president of the United States on January 20, 1961. Stetzel, a devout Catholic, painted several nuns among the spectators outside the Capitol. In 2011, she said of this work, “I think the inauguration I love the best.”