<--PREV Doc #1714  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1716 Document #1715; January 23, 1956 To George Earle Warren Series: EM, AWF, DDE Diaries Series The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XVI - The Presidency: The Middle Way Part IX: "Concerning my political intentions"; December 1955 to April 1956 Chapter 18: On "an almost normal schedule"   Dear George: I am delighted that you like the portraits of Mrs. Eisenhower and me that have been done for Columbia. Tommie Stephens is a very fine artist, particularly in obtaining a wonderful likeness and his treating a subject with what might be called "sympathy." An additional characteristic of his work--which I like tremendously--is that he refuses to put in spectacular color and surroundings and so on.1 That is one reason that I was never particularly impressed by Salisbury, Chandor and some of the others.2 You mentioned both Marcy Dodge and Bill Donovan. When you see them again, please give them my warmest regard--as, indeed, I hope you will do to all my old friends on the Board.3 As ever 1 New York banker and Columbia University trustee Warren had written on January 20 (WHCF/PPF 22-C) that he had seen the "very wonderful" portraits while visiting Stephens's studio on January 19. 2 This was probably American artist Paul Salisbury. Douglas Chandor was a British artist of international repute (for background see Galambos, Chief of Staff, no. 1024; and Galambos, Columbia University, no. 679. 3 Marcellus H. Dodge and General William J. Donovan had accompanied Warren to Stephens's studio. Warren's January 24 reply is in WHCF/PPF 22-C. Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To George Earle Warren, 23 January 1956. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1715. World Wide Web facsimile by The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission of the print edition; Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/presidential-papers/first-term/documents/1715.cfm <--PREV Doc #1714  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1716

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