Unfinished portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt
| Unfinished portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
|---|---|
Detail of the unfinished portrait | |
| Artist | Elizabeth Shoumatoff |
| Year | 1945 |
The unfinished portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt is a watercolor of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States, by Elizabeth Shoumatoff. Shoumatoff was commissioned to paint a portrait of Roosevelt and started her work around noon on April 12, 1945. At lunch, while sitting for the portrait, Roosevelt complained of a headache and subsequently collapsed. The president, who had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, died later that day.
Shoumatoff never finished the portrait, but she later painted a new, largely identical one, based on memory. The unfinished portrait hangs at Roosevelt's retreat, the Little White House, in Warm Springs, Georgia, with its finished counterpart beside it.