Thomas E. Stephens
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Thomas Edgar Stephens was a portrait painter and friend of Dwight D. Eisenhower born in Cardiff, South Wales in 1885. His portrait of Eisenhower hangs in the Smithsonian Institution Gallery of Presidents in Washington, D.C. and his portrait of Dwight and Mamie at Gettysburg Battlefield home. He also painted George C. Marshall and many other prominent figures including Winston Churchill. He died in 1966 of cancer at Gramercy Park, New York. He is the father of Richard Waring, the actor, and Peter John Stephens, the playwright and author of many teenage historical novels. He is survived by his grandchildren: Dylan Stephens & Gillian Stephens Langdon.
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- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Eisenhower the Artist, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
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