Dwight David Eisenhower
1890 - 1969)
 

Dwight David Eisenhower, also known by his nickname Ike, was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the five-star rank as General of the Army. Eisenhower planned and supervised two of the most consequential military campaigns of World War II: Operation Torch in the North Africa campaign in 1942–1943 and the invasion of Normandy in 1944.

Eisenhower began oil painting while at Columbia University, after watching Thomas E. Stephens paint Mamie's portrait. Eisenhower painted about 260 oils during the last 20 years of his life. The images were mostly landscapes but also portraits of subjects such as Mamie, their grandchildren, General Montgomery, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln.[46] Wendy Beckett stated that Eisenhower's paintings, "simple and earnest", caused her to "wonder at the hidden depths of this reticent president".

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Winter, St. Louis Creek
1955
Oil on canvas
60 x 49.4 cm
National Park Service, Museum Management Program, Eisenhower National Historic Site
https://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/landscape_art/exb/Eminent_Americans_At_Home/A_Matter_of_Taste/EISE9293_Eisenhower.html

President Eisenhower completed this painting in the fall of 1955 while recovering from his first heart attack at the Fitzsimmons Army Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. St. Louis Creek was one of Eisenhower's favorite fishing spots in Colorado.