These paintings are among the most powerful images of this turbulent period in american history. The more i looked at the painting, the more inspired i felt. The forgotten man was a bit of a disappointment because it follows requiem in a formulaic way. Carly shanahan, a spokeperson for fox news, denies hannity. The crowd of dead presidents is replaced by an assembly of allamerican heroes and victims, and. The forgotten man by jon mcnaughton the forgotten man by artist jon mcnaughton as well as other open and limited edition biblical, landscape, and patriotic paper art prints and canvases, giclees, images, lithographs, paintings, pictures, posters, and reproductions by renowned mcnaughton fine art artist jon mcnaughton can be viewed and purchased. Find more prominent pieces of symbolic painting at best visual art database. The forgotten man painting by jon mcnaughton via moonbattery, from western voices world news. Obamas 2008 campaign had shepard faireys hope poster. Jon mcnaughton the forgotten man paper and canvas art.
His eversunny optimism has been a perennial selling point, too. Wow sean hannity purchases original the forgotten man. Provo artist jon mcnaughton is back with a new painting, the forgotten man, which features president barack obama standing on the constitution. Bob ross owes his happy little trees to this forgotten. Mcnaughton unveiled the painting in a youtube video on september 14, 2010. While i was walking through an art museum, a certain painting stuck out to me. The title of this portrait is the forgotten man, and its creator is jon mcnaughton, a 42yearold artist from spanish fork, utah. But his most famous painting is a little more subtle, insofar as it doesnt feature any explosions or visions of jesus surrounded by founding fathers and astronauts. It was the second in a series of politically charged portraits painted by mcnaughton. The forgotten man was conspicuously silent for several years after this 2012 painting was unveiled. Forgotten man was created in 2010 by jon mcnaughton in social realism style. He expressed by his words and demeanor what americans wanted a man who was not going to bow down to washington or other countries.
Painter jon mcnaughtons novel portrayal of modern conservatism. Conservative artist revises obamaera forgotten man painting for trump with one stark difference. The forgotten man piece of art is actually amazing in the symbolism. More fortunate members of society hurry past, shown only from their welldressed legs down, their humanity metaphorically out of the picture. Patriotic americana the forgotten man mcnaughton fine art. John mcnaughton is a unique american artist due to his subject matter and also the intensity of which he shows our existing governmentstruggling as well as corrupt. Maynard dixon january 24, 1875 november 11, 1946 was a 20thcentury american artist whose body of work focused on the american west. That night, as donald trump gave his acceptance speech he noted that because of the forgotten men and women of america he was standing as the new president of the united states. Along with the forgotten man, two other works are featured, free speech and keep moving. On the day of the election, sean hannity spoke of the significance of this painting and how it would take the forgotten men and women of america to rise up and. Amity shlaes is the author of four new york times bestsellers. Maynard dixon, forgotten man, 1934, oil on canvas, 40 x 50 18, herald r clark memorial collection. Harold evans, author of the american century and they made america the forgotten man offers an understanding. The forgotten man painting by jon mcnaughton leading.
Sean hannity owns several originals, including the forgotten man. The day after the election sean hannity purchased the original painting and publicly stated that this was the election of the forgotten man. In their remarkable didacticisman america on the brink of political and moral disastermcnaughtons works serve to call the nation to arms, or at least to the. Mcnaughton responses to criticisms of the forgotten man i would like to take a minute to explain some of the points of confusion for those who wish to interpret my. The trump administrations unofficial artist is weird as hell the. Like the dopeylooking fellow in the fishing scene, the forgotten man is. In front of the man, paper trash is blowing in the wind. His 2011 painting the forgotten man, a notsosubtle criticism of barack. As political artworks, mcnaughtons paintings are firmly realist. The forgotten man is a 2010 painting by the american artist jon mcnaughton. If the painting is for trump, man is a departure from the array of museumcaliber pieces that have previously lined white house walls, particularly given that the painting is a direct slam. That man, with his head bowed appears distraught and hopeless as he contemplates his future. Americas greatest artist, jon mcnaughton, phones it in.
The trump administrations unofficial artist is weird as. About the painting mcnaughton responses to criticisms of the forgotten man i would like to take a minute to explain some of the points of confusion for those. Sean hannity just purchased my painting the forgotten man to give to donald trump to hang in the white house. This painting has over 100 figures, both good and bad, men and women that have left their footprint on. The man coaxing the sprout from the ground is the forgotten man featured in other mcnaughton paintings. Conservative artist revises obamaera forgotten man. Since his show, the joy of painting, first aired on pbs in 1983, bob ross has wooed viewers with speedy brushwork, a soothing cadence, and a very distinctive cloud of hair.
We just have happy accidents, he routinely cooed at his viewers. Obamas affordable care act the health care bill now under assault from the supreme court inspired mcnaughtons next painting, the forgotten man. Forgotten portrait is a painting located in the guertena art gallery in the game, ib. Jon mcnaughton the forgotten man symbolism list and.
It may be that the forgotten man will just be another canvas on the pile of sean hannitys vast patriotic art collection. The forgotten man is an incisive and controversial history of the great depression that challenges much of the received wisdom. In the left hand corner of the painting sits a man. Crumpled dollar bills, legislative documents, and, like a whisperthe u. When i looked closer, i learned that the painting was forgotten man by maynard dixon. The forgotten mans inert form is of no more interest to the passerby than the fire hydrant to his side. Americas greatest artist, jon mcnaughton, phones it in with inspirational trump painting, meh lazy. During the 1930s, maynard dixon turned his attention to the economic, social, and political upheavals of the great depression. W ith his paintings the forgotten man 2010, one nation under god 2009, and most recently, wake up america. It is only available in the forgotten portrait ending. But he finally reemerged, five years later and seven months into trumps presidency, in mcnaughtons 2017 painting, you are not forgotten.
Instead, he spoke in dark tones to the forgotten man. Peter schjeldahl on the painting the forgotten man, by the utahbased artist jon mcnaughton, which the fox host sean hannity recently. Past presidents including more recent republican ones try to raise the plight of the common american, while recent presidents democrat ones applaud obamas brand of. Ten paintings by jon mcnaughton explained current affairs. List of symbolism below is a list symbolism for the epic painting the forgotten man in artist jon mcnaughtons own words george washington 1st president 17891797 national debt. November 9th mcnaughton announced via facebook that he sold the original to sean hannity. A white man in jeans, loafers, plaid shirt and nondescript brown jacket, the forgotten. As you can see, in the new painting trump is stepping on a snake instead of the constitution, and the forgotten man is being given some water. His forgotten man was expansive, with the promise of placing all in the collective economic security of the new deal including those sumner deemed unworthy. Jon mcnaughton it wont win any prizes for either artistic merit or subtlety, but mcnaughtons painting has come to national prominence. New trump painting highlights differences from obama. It depicts president barack obama standing in front of the white house. President trump and the forgotten man chicago tribune. The subject matter of the painting was inspired by the passage of the affordable care act.
Most of the television ads she ran were more about painting trump as a dangerous aberration, an outsider unfit for office, than pitching any. Mcnaughton unveiled the piece last tuesday with a video. Indeed, the forgotten man and woman were recurring characters in trumps flurry of campaign rally speeches on monday, the day before the. Although he was a wellknown painter of americas southwestern landscape and native peoples, he began to create. Jon mcnaughton sean hannity just purchased my painting. How taxes drive americans crazy miss shlaes chairs the board of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation and the manhattan institutes hayek book prize, and serves as a scholar at the kings college. A new history of the great depression, the forgotten mangraphic, coolidge, and the greedy hand. The forgotten man is a painting by jon mcnaughton with the capitol building in the far backdrop and all fortythree men who served as president fortythree, not fortyfour because grover cleveland had two nonconsecutive terms dressed in the manner they did in their respective eras and in the foreground on the left is a man dozing off on a park bench surrounded by.
Jon mcnaughtons painting the forgotten man, recently purchased by sean hannity, elicits a kind of triple take that has become familiar this year. This historic image was painted by jon mcnaughton in 2011 in response to the passing of the affordable care act. I went and had a look at his website and see that a signed 16x24 inch lithograph of the forgotten man can be had for the. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer, trump said. Utah painter who found fame and controversy for religious.