미국의 유명한 초상화가(라고 한다) Everett Raymond Kinstler가 그린 듀크의 초상화.
출처는 http://www.everettraymondkinstler.com/pages/portraits_personalities_wayne.html


John Wayne
34" x 44"
National Coybow Hall of Fame
Western Heritage Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma



I flew to Wayne's California home for the unveiling of his portrait. Duke had recently recovered from a serious operation, and I remarked on how well he looked. He gestured at the portrait: "I'd rather look like him. I like that fellow in the portrait, he's ready."



Study for John Wayne Portrait
32" x 24"


~ 이 화가의 워크샵 뉴스에 듀크의 이름이 언급되었기 때문에 검색에 걸린 기사. 이 기사에 위의 링크가 걸려있었다.
노란 형광펜은 내가 그은 것.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/5090252/detail.html
Renowned Portrait Painter Hosts Workshop

NewsCenter 5 Anchor Asked To Be Kinstler's Subject

POSTED: 2:22 pm EDT October 12, 2005
UPDATED: 6:39 pm EDT October 12, 2005

BOSTON -- The Copley Society of Boston hosted a workshop Saturday featuring renown portrait painter Everett Raymond Kinstler.

NewsCenter 5's Natalie Jacobson was asked to be his subject and took advantage of the invitation to bring his story to you.

Kintsler is the country's current preeminent portrait artist. Five of the recent presidents sought out Kintsler to paint their official portraits. The stars of Hollywood also look to Kintsler.

"I believe as Sargent did, you first learn your craft -- otherwise you become a mannerist," Kintsler said.

Kintsler said that he knew as a child he was destined for the art world. He dropped out of high school to ink for newspapers and then moved to comics. But when The Saturday Evening Post stopped crediting the cover illustrators, he knew the golden age of illustration was over.

"People ask is the likeness right, well that's not where I'm coming from," he said.

Kinstler talks constantly with his subject. It's part of his way of getting a sense of someone and partly to keep their faces animated.

"It is an illusion, otherwise take a photo. What do you need me for?" Kinstler said. "I talk to people keep their faces moving. I trust my emotions, and I lean strongly on my memory. When I go back to the studio, I say, 'yes that looks like Natalie.' But that is not what I am trying to say."

What he is trying to say is perhaps best explained with the story of John Wayne.

"Flattery is offensive to me. You don't want people to say, ' You got him 20 years young.' You want people to say, ' You have gotten the best of him.' My portrait of John Wayne wasn't accurate, but as his son said, 'You have gotten the quintessential image of my father.' The truth is, that portrait was not that accurate, but it felt like him," Kinstler said.

Katherine Hepburn may have been Kinstler's greatest challenge. She drove him crazy. He actually quit working on her for two years.