/internal/media/dispatcher/41513/full"Baseball Game"1968 - 198514 x 14 in. (35.6 x 35.6 cm)Oil on canvasBernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2011.034.00290Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts President Kennedy at the 1962 All Stars baseball game.
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: "President Kennedy pays an official visit to the 1962 All Stars game in Washington, where the National League beat the American by 3-1."Art6399635.560071120135.560071120132496Artwork0E-10Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts President Kennedy at the 1962 All Stars baseball game.
Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "President Kennedy pays an official visit to the 1962 All Stars game in Washington, where the National League beat the American League 3-1."
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.
ArtworkArtistSportsKennedy, John F.Stetzel, BernadineFremontWashington, D.C.