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Cowan was not commissioned by Trump to paint the portrait, but after showing Trump a sketch in oils that he had made of him, he gained his approval. Cowan prepared sketches of Trump over several weekends that he was in residence at Mar-a-Lago. The painting was completed shortly after Trump had acquired Mar-a-Lago. Cowan had previously visited the property during its years under the ownership of Marjorie Merriweather Post.
WHAT IS IT
The Visionary is also known as The Entrepreneur a notable painting of Donald Trump created by Ralph Wolfe Cowan in 1989. It portrays Trump in a confident and assertive manner, embodying the archetype of the successful businessman. The painting has gained attention not only for its subject but also for its location, as it hangs in Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, contributing to the space's opulent decor.
DECSRIPTION
The painting has been described as depicting "a young, tanned and handsome Donald Trump dressed in a white tennis sweater". Cowan intentionally painted Trump in white clothes to differentiate him from his darker, more formal clothes that he wore in New York City. In a profile of Cowan for Oxford American, Nicole Pasulka wrote that Cowan's subjects are often depicted "twenty pounds thinner and twenty years younger, often surrounded by heavenly light, riding exotic animals, or framed by mountain ranges", and that Trump's portrait had a "standard Cowan sky shot"
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Cowan was subsequently commissioned by Trump's second wife, Marla, to paint a portrait of Trump's children. Cowan did not paint Trump's present wife, Melania, as Cowan claims that with the popularity of Trump's television show The Apprentice, Trump started expecting work without payment. Cowan told Trump, "Donald, I don't give away paintings"