Following is a collection of art pieces–paintings, murals, sculptures, engravings, monuments, political cartoons–which are an important expression of how society processes and responds to political assassination. Such artistic depictions serve the essential purpose of accurately representing our turbulent history, and they attest to our humanity as memorials in truthfully conveying our story to future generations. [CLICK on images to expand]
Mural honoring President John F. Kennedy in the Irish Quarter of Birmingham, UK. Courtesy of Dr. Susan Williams.
‘A MAN MAY DIE NATIONS MAY FALL BUT AN IDEA LIVES ON’
John F. Kennedy fountain (Kennedy Space Center)
James Crespinel.
MLK, Jr. Washington, DC
Image credit David Horsey Copyright 2018 Tribune Content Agency.
RFK & MLK Landmark For Peace, Kennedy-King National Commemorative Site. Indianapolis, IN. Designer, Greg Perry.
Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools. These are the Judy Baca murals in the library.
Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools, Los Angeles, CA (2010)
Hugh Haynie.
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Courtesy of James H. Lesar.
Jim Bama.
Bill Mauldin.
Assassination of President Lincoln lithograph by Currier & Ives (1865).
The “bullet,” with which our martyr President A. Lincoln was assassinated by J.W. Booth, as seen under a microscope (1865). Source: Library of Congress.
Assassination of President James Garfield. Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.
Assassination of President William McKinley. Achille Beltrame.
Hy Rosen.
Mahatma Gandhi.
John Lennon 1940 – December 8, 1980. Pete Kreiner, 8 December 2019.
United Nations PEACE WINDOW Dedicated to Dag Hammarskjöld and to all those who had lost their lives to the cause of Peace. Marc Chagall.
USSR Commemorative Stamp – Patrice Lumumba (1961)
Alt-History of Kaiser Cat Cinema: Third in the Second American Civil War Series, the Union State poster features Howard Langdon, a character from The Divided States inspired by the real-world Louisiana senator Huey Long: ‘Every Man a King’
The Broken Obelisk sculpture, located outside the Rothko Chapel in Houston’s Museum District, is dedicated to the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Mural by the street artist Jorit Agoch, depicting Martin Luther King Jr., in the Barra district of Naples. (Photo by Marco Cantile/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Courtesy of Charles Drago; Artwork by Phil Dragoo.
Phil Dragoo.
Phil Dragoo.
Phil Dragoo.