How Shoumatoff became a presidential portrait painter; planning with Mrs. Johnson the portraits of FDR, LBJ and Mrs. Johnson for the White House; painting portraits of LBJ, Luci and Lynda Bird; process of painting: photographs, sketches, number and locations of sittings, comparison of FDR's and LBJ's behavior during sittings; visits to LBJ Ranch; Clark Clifford's involvement in Mrs. Johnson's portrait; how Shoumatoff found out that a portrait she painted would be used for a stamp.
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Shoumatoff, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1973, by Joe B. Frantz
Citation
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Shoumatoff, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1973, by Joe B. Frantz, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-shoumatoffe-19731103-1-78-41