All of Presidents - Andy Thomas Paintings

No, it's not an article about the "Hall of Presidents" that you, Disney fans, are thinking about, but one about the great paintings of Andy Thomas. You may have heard recently about this painting showing a selection of famous Republicans Presidents having a drink, and one of them is Donald Trump. The painting - see below - was done by painter Andy Thomas and you may have seen it in the background during an interview of Trump at the White House, but it was not the original painting, Andy Thomas confirmed that the one at the White House is simply a high quality laser print and that he kept the original painting in his workshop.

Andy Thomas started his series of Presidents paintings years ago with famous ones showing Republicans or Democrats Presidents playing Poker or Pool or simply having a drink together, and himself is not in politics - his favorite presidents are Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. He says he wanted to do "feel good paintings" and that's what they are indeed. They're also fun because he puts together people who for some never know each other and you can't stop wondering what Abraham Lincoln, sit in front of Trump on Thomas latest painting, would have thought of the Donald - my guess is that he most probably wouldn't have liked him. Most of the time they seem to have fun together and obviously one told a joke which make them all laugh, but you'll never know what the joke was.

Have a look at the pictures below, click on each to see them in big size - i let you find who is who on each painting and i suggest you have a read of these good interviews of Andy Thomas HERE and HERE in which he tells more about and why he's painting them, and you'll also discover others of his paintings about the Old West and even Pirates. Andy is a great “story teller” and collectors compare his paintings favorably to the works of Remington and Russell. Through his paintings, Andy allows the viewer to be a participant in the scene rather than a spectator.

Below, Democrats Presidents playing Poker with Andrew Jackson ( back ).



Republicans Presidents playing Poker with Abraham Lincoln ( back ).


Democrats Presidents playing Pool with Andrew Jackson. ( back )


Republicans Presidents playing Pool with Abraham Lincoln.


Democrats Presidents chatting and having a drink with Andrew Jackson. Franklin D. Roosevelt ( back )


Republicans Presidents chatting and having a drink with Abraham Lincoln ( back ). That's the one with Trump.


If you wonder who are the others Presidents on this painting, here it is. When asked who is the unidentified man coming in the background, Thomas answered "It's the first Republican woman president" - to eventually be elected in the future.

   

Three more presidents portraits painted by Andy Thomas, of Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama.

Andy Thomas also did many paintings of the old American West, like these below, with a true "Frontierland" spirit. In the first one below, titled "Americans Storytellers" on the same principle than the president painting he put together people of different eras and you'll see Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway and Norman Rockwell. I have the feeling there is two American Presidents listening in the background - Ronald Reagan and Teddy Roosevelt.


Next painting below is titled "Huckleberry Finn" in tribute to Mark Twain young hero.



Next one below is titled "The Rescue".



Next painting below is titled "Leaving Old Mexico"


Next one below is titled "Cowboys ( playing ) Craps".


And this funny one titled "After the Poker Game".



He also did a few "Pirates" painting like this one below titled "...and the band played on".




Those of you interested by order some prints can do it either on andythomas.com HERE or  HERE where you can see many more of his paintings too.

Pictures: copyright Andy Thomas