/internal/media/dispatcher/41529/full"Ich Bin Ein Berliner"1968 - 198526 x 48 in. (66 x 121.9 cm)Oil on canvasBernadine Stetzel Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2011.034.00470Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts President Kennedy in Berlin giving his famous "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" speech.
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 was well received by over a million people on his trip to Berlin, Germany where he made his famous remark "Ich Bin Ein Berliner".Art63970121.920243840566.040132080332514Artwork0E-10Oil painting on canvas created by artist Bernadine Stetzel that depicts President Kennedy in Berlin giving his famous "Ich Bin Ein Berliner" speech.
Artist Stetzel described this piece as follows: "President Kennedy was well received by over a million people on his trip to Berlin, Germany where he made his famous remark 'Ich Bin Ein Berliner'".
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.
ArtworkArtistForeign policyBerlin WallCrowdsKennedy, John F.Stetzel, BernadineFremontBerlin