What is Aaron Shikler?
[[File:Aaron Shikler.jpeg|thumb|right|250px|Aaron Shikler in 2010]] '''Aaron Abraham Shikler''' (March 18, 1922 – November 12, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] artist. He was known for his [[portrait]]s of American [[Politician|statesmen]] and celebrities like [[Jane Engelhard]] and [[Sister Parish]]. He was mainly known for painting the official [[White House]] portraits of [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Nancy Reagan]]. Shikler was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]]. Shikler died in [[Manhattan]], New York City from [[renal failure]], aged 93.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Aaron-Shikler-artist-who-portrayed-America-s-6639258.php Aaron Shikler, artist who portrayed America’s elite, dies - SFGate]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{cite web| url = http://www.whitehousehistory.org/whha_pictures/presidentshouse_kennedy-01.html | title = ''Oil Portrait of John F. Kennedy'' |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140104001033/http://www.whitehousehistory.org/whha_pictures/presidentshouse_kennedy-01.html |archive-date = 2014-01-04 }} * [http://www.davisandlangdale.com/Pages/AaronShikler.html Brief biography at the Davis & Langdale gallery] * [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/30/renowned-painter-aaron-shikler-reveals-stories-behind-famous-white-house/ Renowned Painter Aaron Shikler Reveals Stories behind Famous White House Portraits] {{DEFAULTSORT:Shikler, Aaron}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:American painters]] [[Category:Artists from New York City]] [[Category:Deaths from renal failure]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in New York City]] [[Category:People from Brooklyn]] {{US-biography-stub}}