#famous friends
It’s International Day of Friendship! Who is your favorite duo? Some of ours are
Ezio & Da Vinci
Ratchet & Clark
Harry & Luna
Tullio & Miguel
Toejam & Earl
The list goes on and on!
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John F. Kennedy and Paul Fay first met and became friends during WWII and remained close through Kennedy’s Presidency. Fay was an usher at John and Jacqueline Kennedy’s wedding, worked on JFK’s campaigns, and was Undersecretary of the Navy during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Among his papers donated to the JFK Library is home movie footage taken by Fay of their friends and family. This video clip from Fay’s movies offers an informal glimpse into the two friends goofing around, and JFK playing golf, circa 1953.
We’re sharing candid photos for #JFK100 this month. Join us for an informal look at vacations, recreation, and family time! More on the JFK Centennial Celebration from the JFK Library.
Jacques-Emile Blanche—Julia Stephen,1889.
The French artist Jacques-Emile Blanche painted this portrait after a photograph of Julia Stephen taken by her aunt, Julia Margaret Cameron (the celebrated photographer and Pre-Raphaelite model), between 1864and1867. The sitter is famous in her own right for being the mother of writer Virginia Woolf, painter Vanessa Bell, and the founder of the Bloomsbury group, Thoby Stephen.
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Frank Auerbach—Head of E.O.W.,1957.
‘E.O.W.’ - Estella (Stella) West - began posing regularly for Auerbach in the early 1950s, and continued to do so until 1973. By then he had completed about 80 drawings and paintings of her.
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