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British painter says Trump portrait accusations put her business in danger
Artist Sarah Boardman created the painting of the US president, which was recently taken down.
A British-born painter has said that Donald Trump’s accusations that his portrait was distorted have put her business in “danger”.
Artist Sarah Boardman’s painting of the US president has been hanging in the Colorado State Capitol Building Rotunda in Denver for more than five years, until being taken down after Mr Trump’s comments last month.
She had remained silent following Mr Trump’s remarks before issuing a statement saying: “I completed the portrait accurately, without ‘purposeful distortion’, political bias, or any attempt to caricature the subject, actual or implied.
“I fulfilled the task per my contract.
“For the six years that the portrait hung in the Colorado State Capitol Building Rotunda, I received overwhelmingly positive reviews and feedback.
“Since President Trump’s comments, that has changed for the worst.
“President Trump is entitled to comment freely, as we all are, but the additional allegations that I ‘purposefully distorted’ the portrait, and that I ‘must have lost my talent as I got older’ are now directly and negatively impacting my business of over 41 years which now is in danger of not recovering.”
Last month, Mr Trump claimed on his social media platform Truth Social that a portrait of former Democrat president Barack Obama, also created by Boardman, is “wonderful”, but his is “truly the worst”.
He also said that Boardman, who has a painting of Republican President George W Bush, “must have lost her talent as she got older”.
Mr Trump wrote: “Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the State Capitol, put up by the Governor, along with all other presidents, was purposefully distorted to a level that even I, perhaps, have never seen before.”
Colorado Republicans raised more than 10,000 dollars (£8,360) through a GoFundMe account to commission the oil painting, and Boardman said that the Colorado State Capitol Advisory Committee approved her “reference photograph and my subsequent ‘works in progress'”.
She also said that Mr Trump has called her “intentions, integrity, and abilities” into “question”.
Boardman works from her studio in Colorado Springs and was born in England, according to her website.
She studied in Germany, and also lived in Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Malaysia, the Middle East and many European countries.
Boardman previously told The Denver Post that it was important her depictions of both Mr Obama and Mr Trump looked “apolitical”.
Mr Trump is not the first political figure to be upset at a portrait of themselves.
British artist Graham Sutherland’s 1954 portrait of Winston Churchill was destroyed, after the former British prime minister hated it so much.
An episode of Netflix royal drama The Crown revolved around the creation of the painting, and last year Sutherland’s preparatory painting of Churchill was sold by Sotheby’s auction house for £660,000.
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Showbiz Orange
21:27 - 3/9/2018
Orange Is The New Black is to end with its upcoming seventh series.
The news was announced on social media in a video captioned: “Warning: This may make you cry. The Final Season, 2019.”
The clip showed members of the cast of the Netflix show saying it was wrapping up and that the final series would be everything fans wanted.
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Showbiz Weinstein
0:55 - 3/9/2018
Harvey Weinstein could return to the entertainment industry and make “important, brilliant films”, his lawyer has said.
Weinstein was one of Hollywood’s most powerful producers before dozens of women – including many high-profile actresses – came forward to allege he had sexually assaulted them, with accusations ranging from inappropriate touching to rape.
His downfall led to the rise in prominence of the #MeToo movement as well as a wider debate about the treatment of women.
Despite the numerous accusations, Weinstein’s lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, believes his career can be salvaged.
He told the Press Association: “Mr Weinstein will be making important, brilliant films soon again and if these legal proceedings are resolved in his favour, as I am hopeful and confident they will be, there’s no doubt in my mind that he will again continue to do what he has done for almost 40 years and this is make brilliant, good, important films.”
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Showbiz BluePeter
17:12 - 2/9/2018
(Left to right) Anthea Turner, John Leslie, Diane-Louise Jordan, Tim Vincent, Katie Hill and Richard Bacon attend Blue Peter's Big Birthday, celebrating the show's 60th anniversary, in Salford. (Peter Byrne/PA)
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Showbiz Breakfast
7:17 - 3/9/2018
Zoe Ball is taking over from Chris Evans on Radio 2, saying that being the first woman to host the breakfast show “is both an honour and privilege”.
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