Carol Markel wrote me to say that Simmie Knox, whose official portrait of President Bill Clinton was unveiled earlier today at the White House, was a Tyler School of Art graduate.
Knox, the first African American chosen to paint a White House presidential portrait, is a Tyler BFA as well as an MFA.
Knox was a student of Markel’s husband, Richard Cramer, the retired Tyler painting prof (and Wisconsin boy).
Read about the White House ceremony here and about Knox here.
Excellent.
photo copyright NY Times
