Kehinde Wiley
African-American painter · United States · On the map · Artists · Born 1977 · age 49
Kehinde Wiley is an American portrait painter based in New York City. He is known for his naturalistic paintings of Black subjects that reference the work of Old Master paintings.
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![Saint Adelaide (2014) is a stained-glass window designed by Wiley. It was inspired by an 1843 window of Saint Adelaide designed by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres for the Chapel of Saint Ferdinand, Paris.[43]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Saint_Adelaide%2C_Kehinde_Wiley_2014_-_Stained_Glass_Museum.jpg/1280px-Saint_Adelaide%2C_Kehinde_Wiley_2014_-_Stained_Glass_Museum.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
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In 2017, Wiley was commissioned to paint former U.S. President Barack Obama's portrait for the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution. The Columbus Museum of Art hosted an exhibition of his work in 2007 and describes his paintings as "heroic portraits which address the image and status of young African-American men in contemporary culture."
