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The original documents are located in Box 4, folder "1/13/75 - Mrs. Ford's Portrait
Unveiling" of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 4 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
GUEST LIST FOR THE UNVEILING OF MRS. FORD'S PORTRAIT ON
MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1975, AT 7:30 P. M., THE WHITE HOUSE:
The Vice President and Mrs. Rockefeller
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Brune
Mrs. Beatrice Brune is the artist's sister from Iowa
The Honorable Philip Buchen and Mrs. Buchen
The Honorable John Byrnes and Mrs. Byrnes
The Honorable Elford Cederberg and Mrs. Cederberg
Mr. and Mrs. Clement E. Conger
The Honorable Glenn Davis and Mrs. Davis
The Honorable Robert Hartmann
Dr. and Mrs. James Howe
Mrs. John Jarman
Miss Nancy Lammerding
The Honorable Clark MacGregor and Mrs. MacGregor
The Honorable George Mahon and Mrs. Mahon
Mr. and Mrs. Rod Markley
Mr. and Mrs. Perkins McGuire
The Honorable Ronald H. Nessen and Mrs. Nessen
Mrs. Pepe Pina
Mrs. Pina is the wife of Mr. Ulbricht's agent in Spain
Mr. L. Nicholas Ruwe
Mr. and Mrs. David Scott
Mr. and Mrs. John Ulbricht
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Weidenfeld
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Whyte
OF
MRS.
FORD'S
PORTRAIT
ON
ON MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1975, AT 7:30 P. M., THE WHITE HOUSE,
3 USINESS SUIT:
Buchen, Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Byrnes, The Honorable John and Mrs.
Cederberg, The Honorable Elford and Mrs.
Conger, Mr. and Mrs. Clem
Davis, The Honorable Glenn and Mrs.
Hartmann, The Honorable Robert
Jarman, Mrs. John
Lammerding, Miss Nancy
MacGregor, The Honorable Clark and Mrs.
Markley, Mr. and Mrs. Rod
McGuire, Mr. and Mrs. Perkins
Nessen, Mr. and Mrs. Ron
Rockefeller, The Vice President and Mrs.
Weidenfeld, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Whyte, Mr. and Mrs. William G.
Artist's Party: Ulbricht, Mr. and Mrs. John
Brune, Mr. and Mrs. (Beatrice Ulbricht Brune is the
artists sister)
Pina, Mrs. Pepe (Mrs. Pina is the wife of Mr. Ulbricht's
agent, Pepe)
Kissinger, The Secretary of State and Mrs. Henry
Mahon, The Honorable George and Mrs.
Rumsfeld, The Honorable Donald and Mrs.
Scott, Mr. and Mrs. David
BUFFET
FORD
Hot Senegalaise Soup
Lamb Curry with Rice and Raisins
Condiments:
Sliced Almonds
Chopped Hazel Nuts
Grated Orange Rind
(light red wine)
Chutney
Tossed Green Salad
Assorted Rolls
Pineapple Sherbet
For release
Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1975
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary to Mrs. Ford
NOTICE TO THE PRESS
A portrait of Mrs. Ford, commissioned by the President when
he was Vice President, was presented at a private party at
the White House last night. A few close friends and staff
members were invited.
The portrait, by American artist John Ulbricht, is done with
oils on a linen canvas and will hang in the Family Quarters.
The canvas measures 78" X 59", and the frame is 3" wide.
The frame is classical and simple in design, done in a subdued
antique gold leaf on wood.
In the painting, Mrs. Ford is seated against a background of
soft green. She is wearing a pale green gown of Chinese #
silk embroidered with pale green chrysanthemums.
According to Ulbricht, the painting does not fit into a stylistic
category, and although in muted lines and shadings is not truly
impressionistic. He uses a technique in which layers on layers
of oil glazes are built up over a period of time.
Ulbricht, who lives in Mallorca, has also done portraits of
Picasso; Lord Mountbatten; Novelist and poet Robert Graves;
the Duchess of Devonshire; and the Duchess of Alba.
Biographical material follows:
John Ulbricht was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1926. He studied at the Art Institute of
Chicago from 1946 until 1950, when he was awarded a grant to continue his studies
abroad. For the following two years he lived in Mexico City, after which he became the
assistant to the director of the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado. In 1954 he
moved to Europe and currently resides in the village of Galilea, Mallorca with his wife,
the painter Angela von Neumann, and their two children.
He has held one-man exhibitions in London, New York, Paris, Edinburgh, Los Ange-
les, Mexico City, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca and other cities. His paintings are repre-
sented in numerous private collections as well as in a number of public institutions in-
cluding the following: the Dallas Art Museum, the Denver Art Museum, the Columbus
Gallery of Fine Arts, the State University of New York at Buffalo, the Pasadena Art
Museum, the London National Portrait Gallery, the La Jolla Museum of Art, the Uni-
versity of Texas, the University of Southern Illinois, the University of Victoria (Cana-
da), and the University of San Francisco.
Biographical Note
John Ulbricht was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1926. He studied at the Art Institute of
Chicago from 1946 until 1950, when he was awarded a grant to continue his studies
abroad. For the following two years he lived in Mexico City, after which he became the
assistant to the director of the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado. In 1954 he
moved to Europe and currently resides in the village of Galilea, Mallorca with his wife,
the painter Angela von Neumann, and their two children.
He has held one-man exhibitions in London, New York, Paris, Edinburgh, Los Ange-
les, Mexico City, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca and other cities. His paintings are repre-
sented in numerous private collections as well as in a number of public institutions in-
cluding the following: the Dallas Art Museum, the Denver Art Museum, the Columbus
Gallery of Fine Arts, the State University of New York at Buffalo, the Pasadena Art
Museum, the London National Portrait Gallery, the La Jolla Museum of Art, the Uni-
versity of Texas, the University of Southern Illinois, the University of Victoria (Cana-
da), and the University of San Francisco.
PINTURA 195 X 130 cms
Prince Charles: Taking it in stride
Bogart in 1918: Taking it on the lip
Bettman Archive
Central Press photos
screen, "when he is enunciating clearly,
not do flattering or glamorous portraits,"
do course that was part of his training as
you can see the lip moving out, almost
said Ulbricht. "Mrs. Ford is intelligent
a Navy pilot. One test forced the future
like a proboscis, to envelop a word, and
and sensitive enough to know that I am
king to get down on his hands and knees
then returning to lie wetly against the
after the human dimension."
in the mud and crawl through a half-sub-
teeth while a new word is being formed."
merged drainage pipe. Afterward, a ma-
Me Tarzan-but my friends still call
rine spokesman minimized the danger of
On a return trip to Bethesda naval
me Your Royal Highness. Inching his
the ordeal: "There is a great deal of
hospital last week, Betty Ford under-
way by rope from tree to tree, scaling
straw to break any fall on the tree walk,
went a comprehensive medical checkup
vertical walls and slogging through a
and should anyone panic in the pipe, one
and received a favorable report: no re-
waist-deep stream in his fatigues, Brit-
of the chaps at either end will pull him
currence of the cancer that necessitated
ain's Prince Charles, 26, proved his met-
out." Still, the Prince summed it up as
removal of her right breast last Septem-
tle by passing a Royal Marines comman-
"a most horrifying expedition."
ber. The good news added gaiety to a
private White House party for the un-
TRANSITION
veiling of a portrait of Mrs. Ford by Ma-
jorca-based U.S. artist John Ulbricht, 48,
who is also painting the President. The
ELECTED: Margaret Bush Wilson, 55,
SENTENCED: Skitch Henderson, 56,
First Lady was "absolutely delighted"
as board chairman of the National As-
composer and former "Tonight" show
with her straightforward likeness. "I do
sociation for the Advancement of Colored
bandleader; to six months in prison for
People, succeeding the late Bishop
filing false Federal income-tax returns;
Stephen Gill Spottswood; in New York
in New York City, Jan. 17. Henderson-
City, Jan. 13. "I consider myself an
who has yet to decide whether to appeal
aristocrat," said Mrs. Wilson, a St. Louis
-was also fined $10,000. He claimed a
lawyer and civil-rights leader. "Charac-
$350,000 deduction for donating a library
ter. Competence. Accomplish-
of his scores and arrange-
ment. That's my definition of
ments to the University of
aristocracy." She is the first
Wisconsin, even though-as
black woman elected to the
Judge Edward Weinfeld put
NAACP's top policymaking
it in imposing sentence-"he
post (a white woman, Mary
knew that the gift was prac-
White Ovington, was chair-
tically worthless."
man from 1917 to 1932).
NAACP executive director
DIED: Gustavo Rojas Pini-
Roy Wilkins serves under
lla, 74, deposed Colombian
the chairman.
dictator; of a heart attack, at
his home near Bogotá, Jan.
RECUPERATING:
Golda
UPI
17. Rojas studied civil en-
Meir, 76, Israel's retired
Margaret Wilson
gineering at Tri-State College
Prime Minister; after surgery
in Indiana and worked on a
in Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem last
Ford assembly line before returning to
week to remove a cataract from her left
Colombia and entering the army. He
eye. The 45-minute operation was per-
became President in a military coup in
formed under a local anesthetic. "Thank
1953 and was ousted in 1957 after run-
Karl Schumacher-The White House
you," said Mrs. Meir when it was all over.
ning one of Latin America's most ruth-
Ford portrait: Taking it straight
"I didn't feel a thing."
less and corrupt regimes.
January 27, 1975
45
THE WASHINGTON POST
Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1975
Personalities
Portrait
Of the
First Lady
Yesterday was a big day
for First Lady Betty Ford.
In the morning, she was
found to be in "excellent
health" after a routine check-
up at Bethesda Naval Hos-
pital. Last night, her por-
trait was unveiled at a pri-
vate dinner at the White
House for 40 friends.
At the dinner were the
artist and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs. John Ulbricht, and the
artist's sister, Beatrice
Brune from Iowa. The UI-
brichts, formerly based in
Chicago, now have a studio
on the Spanish Island of
The portrait, in a three-
Mallorca.
Inch-wide m is 78
inches high by 59 inches
wide and was painted from
sittings in the Fords' Alex-
andria home when Ford was
Vice President. It will be
hung temporarily in the up-
stairs family quarters at the
White House and may even-
tually become her official
White House portrait. That
depends on whether the
White House Historical As-
sociation decides to buy it
for the White House.
B
The Official
Portrait
Artist John Ulbricht
painted this official por-
trait of Mrs. Betty Ford
which was shown by the
President and Mrs.
Ford last night in a
small. party at the
White House. The
President was so pleas-
ed by Ulbricht's por-
trait of his wife, done
while Mr. Ford was
vice president, that he
is now sitting for UI-
bricht, too. Story on
Page C-2.
White House Photo
Mrs. Ford's Health 'Excellent'
By Isabelle Shelton
rence of the cancer," Dr.
painted on a linen canvas,
Star-News Staff Writer
Lukash reported.
shows Betty Ford against
First Lady Betty Ford
Checkups such as yes-
a green background,
passed her first major
terday's are "routine"
wearing a pale green gown
post-operative checkup
after the surgery Mrs.
of Chinese silk embroider-
with flying colors yester-
Ford underwent and will
ed with chrysanthemums.
day, and will be able to
be repeated every four
"step up" her activities in
months, the White House
Ulbricht, who was
the future, according to
doctor said,
recommended to the Fords
Dr. William Lukash, the
The flareup of osteoar-
by David Scott of the Na-
White House physician.
thritis that prevented Mrs.
tional Gallery of Art, also
This includes "extensive
Ford from accompanying
has done portraits of
traveling" if the First
the President to Marti-
Picasso, Lord Mountbat-
Lady's schedule calls for
nique last month is "epi-
ten and novelist-poet Rob-
it, Dr. Lukash said after
sodic" and presently in
ert Graves.
she went though four hours
abeyance, he added.
of tests and examinations
Cheered by the good
at Bethesda Naval Medical
news, the Fords gave a
Center, where she under-
party last night to show a
went surgery for breast
new portrait of the First
cancer three and-a-half
Lady to a small group of
months ago.
friends and staff
members.
DR. WILLIAM FOUTY,
The portrait, commis-
chief of surgery at Bethes-
sioned by Ford when he
da, who performed the
was vice president, was
surgery, and Dr. Lukash
painted by John Ulbricht,
both examined Mrs. Ford
an American artist now
and found her "in excellent
living in Mallorca, Spain.
health and showing "no
evidence of any recur-
THE 78 BY 59 INCH oil,
1/9/75
p.cs
PEOPLE
With Best Wishes From Rabbi Korff
Former President Richard
$20,000 trip to Japan pa
Nixon, observing his 62nd
Personalities
for by an industrialist.
birthday today, is expected
Trudeau also came unde
to spend it quietly at home
pale green mandarin-col-
eral opened doors, Liberty
fire because he conditio
lared brocade gown.
dashed from Mrt. Ford's
ally accepted the gift of
in San Clemente.
The painting will be hung
Oval Office, past the Roose-
swimming pool for his of
Rabbi Baruch Korff, an
in the family quarters of the
velt and Cabinet Rooms,
cial residence, which is b
ardent Nixon supporter, vis-
White House and will not be
past a security guard and
ing offered by a group
ited Nixon yesterday "to
designated as Mrs. Ford's of-
through the press room to
anonymous Toronto donors
wish the President well on
ficial portrait until the
freedom on the front lawn.
his birthday," a spokesman
From staff reports and news dispute
Fords leave the White
A White House policeman
said.
House.
shed his jacket and gave
Korff has scheduled a
chase, nabbing the dog by
news conference for this
Lorbes Balloons
her collar as she neared a
morning, apparently to re-
Pennsylvania Avenue gate.
port on his visit with the
Aerospace scientist
former chief executive.
Thomas Heinsheimer says
Gift Guidelines
that he doubts publisher
Petit's Fall
Malcolm Forbes will make
Gifts to Margaret Trudeau
another try this winter to
and other presents to per-
Phillippe Petit, the tight-
cross the United States and
sons in government have
rope stunt man who fell 30
the Atlantic Ocean in a bal-
prompted Canadian Prime
Minister Pierre Elliott Tru-
feet to a concrete floor in
loon.
"Our system of 13 bal-
deau to consider guidelines
St. Petersburg, Fla., Tues-
day, is in fair condition.
loons appears too compli-
or legislation to cover their
cated," Heinsheimer told a
acceptance.
Doctors say he suffered a
The latest gift was $3,000
collapsed right lung and rib
Torrance, Calif., news con-
in photographic equipment,
and wrist fractures and is
ference. He said Forbes'
given to Mrs. Trudeau by
expected to remain in inten-
"airship" should be rede-
King Hussein of Jordan.
sive care for four days and
signed and that that could
White House Photo
The prime minister was
in the hospital about two
not be completed in time to
taken to task in the past af-
of First Lady Betty
weeks.
catch the best winds east-
ter Mrs. Trudeau accepted a
the Ford's Alexan-
ward.
Petit was arrested last Au-
John Ulbricht.
gust when he strung a wire
A launch attempt Monday
failed when some of the 13
between the twin towers of
balloons broke free. prema-
the World Trade Center in
turely. Heinsheimer said to
Manhattan and performed
avoid a similar fate next
his stunts to the amazement
time, the gondola must have
of onlookers below.
either one large balloon or
Mrs. Ford's Portrait
fewer small ones.
A new portrait of First
Liberty Spree
Lady Betty Ford is expected
President Ford's golden
to be unveiled this weekend
retriever, Liberty, was true
to a few friends of the Ford
to her name Tuesday when
family.
she went on a spree around
In the portrait, done by
the White House to the
John Ulbricht, Mrs. F rd is
cheers of onlookers.
shown seated and wear ing a
Taking advantage of sev-