Jon McNaughton's "The Masterpiece" Painting
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About
"The Masterpiece is a painting by American artist Jon McNaughton. The work depicts United States President Donald Trump as a painter at his easel unveiling a new artwork. Online, many mocked the painting, which inspired a series of image edits that altered the painting within the painting.
Origin
On August 20th, 2019, Jon McNaughton tweeted [1] "The Masterpiece." He added the caption, "My new painting – 'The Masterpiece' How will history remember this presidency? I believe it will be considered a 'Masterpiece.'" Within 24 hours, the tweet received more than 20,000 likes and 7,000 retweets (shown below).
Spread
Following the post, people replied to McNaughton's tweet with edited variations of the painting. For example, Twitter[2] user @skolanach replaced the portrait of former President Barack Obama. The tweet received more than 15,000 likes and 2,300 retweets in 24 hours (shown below, left).
Twitter[3] user @kevinwmoore tweeted a variation, which featured an image of migrants in cages, criticizing the president's immigration policy of housing detained migrants in overcrowded cages.
Twitter[4] user @HelenKennedy replaced the image with the Edvard Munch painting "The Scream". The tweet received more than 9,000 likes and 1,000 retweets in 24 hours (shown below, right).
Several media outlets covered the painting, including Newsweek,[5] HuffPost,[6] Jezebel,[7] Raw Story,[8] Mashable [9] and more. That day, Twitter[10] published a Moments page on the painting.
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @McNaughtonArt's Tweet
[2] Twitter – @skolanach Tweet
[3] Twitter – @kevinwmoore's Tweet
[4] Twitter – @HelenKennedy's Tweet
[5] Newsweek – A NEW TRUMP PAINTING CALLED 'THE MASTERPIECE' WAS RELEASED, THEN THE MEMES CAME
[6] HuffPost – Twitter Users Mock Latest Trump Painting By Right-Wing Artist Jon McNaughton
[7] Jezebel – What's Going On In This Donald Trump Fan Art?
[8] Raw Story – Trump-worshipping artist unveils insanely disturbing new painting -- and the internet is having a field day
[9] Mashable – People are meme-ing this truly bizarre Trump painting
[10] Twitter – President Trump's depiction in 'The Masterpiece' is inspiring other versions
Top Comments
Briham
Aug 21, 2019 at 04:08PM EDT
Woooinion
Aug 21, 2019 at 02:37PM EDT