Summary: General Colin Powell's portrait, by artist Ronald Sherr, was unveiled and added to the National Portrait Gallery collection on December 2, 2012. Sherr discussed his portrait in this gallery talk, December 3, 2012. Ronald Sherr painted the National Portrait Gallery's recently unveiled portrait of General Colin Powell and is also responsible for the gallery's portrait of President George H. W. Bush, acquired in 1995. Sherr's portrait of Powell is no small work--it measures 92 1/2 by 51 3/4 inches; the artist portrays the general standing in front of Theodore Roosevelt Hall at the National War College at Fort McNair in Washington D. C. Though Sherr resides in Hong Kong, the painting was completed during several life sittings and with the aid of photographs taken by the artist. General Powell noted of the work, "People will be coming to the National Portrait Gallery and seeing this picture of me, but what they will be seeing is Ron's artistry and his brilliance." View the unveiling of the Colin Powell portrait: http://youtu.be/Z6YhEhanBaI Image: Gen. Colin Powell / Ronald N. Sherr / Oil on canvas, 2012 / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; supported by a grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation and by the Marc Pachter Commissioning Fund
