wendy allen first painted -- did her first painting of abraham lincoln in 1983.ce then she's focussed on him as her subject and has made many, many paintings in many different styles. she's listen very active, been interviewed by cnn and had her paintings in the historical society along with some other people you might have heard of. salvador dolly, norman rockwell. certainly in very good company and so were they. in addition to all this, she lives in gettysburg and has a gallery up there, lincoln into art. she's also very active with the fellowship of pennsylvania. she's on the board and a vice president to the fellowship of pennsylvania. she's also very active in the lincoln forum and a lot of us went there this past year. we had a record turn out. we're going to try to beat that record this year at the forum in november. wendy is involved in all of those. tonight she'll talk about her lincoln art and mibaybe a littl more than that. plus at the end we'll talk about the lincoln fellowship and her "hundred night of taps" which is a program she runs in pennsylvani

please welcome wendy allen. [applause] >> before i begin, i would like to thank david. i made his life miserable. thank you for your patience. it is an honor to be here extreme honor, so thank you for welcoming me to your event tonight. it is going to be multi-media. i hope you enjoy it. [video clip] >> ♪ >> ♪ wendy allen: several years ago, the renowned lincoln scholar contributed an essay to the book on lincoln and his world. in it, i found this extraordinary nugget concerning a particular photo session lincoln sat for for alexander gardner's studio in washington on november 8, 1863. it reads, "gardner had traditionally received the credit for these masterpieces." and those were the five pieces you just saw. " because few have recognized or understood the sculptor's role in sending lincoln to the gallery imposing for the portraits. sarah fisher ames received none of the credit she deserved. he also wrote in a magazine that then 1989 masterpieces he is talking about included what most people now agree is the most iconic photo of abraham lincoln ever taken. the famous p

. >> since the early 1980s, artist wendy allen has made use of styles to paint over 400 portraits of abraham lincoln. next on american history tv, using music, photographs and video, wendy allen shows examples and discusses her influences and reasons for painting

since the early 1980's, artist wendy allen has made use of a variety of art styles to paint over 400 portraits of abraham lincoln. next on american history tv, using music, photographs, nvidia, wendy allen shows examples and discusses her influences and reasons for painting lincoln. she concludes the program by discussing a summer-long daily tribute to veterans held at gettysburg national cemetery. the lincoln group of the district of columbia hosted this event. >> our speaker tonight is wendy allen. i think most people in the room probably know who wendy allen is, but for those who do not, she is an artist. did her first painting abraham lincoln in 1983. and since then, she has focused on abraham lincoln as her subject and has made many, many paintings in different styles that she will talk about. she also has been very active being interviewed by cnn and had her paintings

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next on american history tv, using music, photographs and video, wendy allen shows examples and discusses her influences and reasons for painting lincoln. ms. allen concludes the program by discussing 100 nights, held at gettysburg cemetery. district of columbia host this had event. >> as has made many, many, many painti paintings she also has been very active, being interviewed by cnn and had her paintings on -- in the historical society along with some other people you might have heard of, salvador dolly. he was there, too. in addition to all of this, she has a gallery up there, lincoln into art and she's also very active with the fellowship of pennsylvania. she's on the board and vice president of pennsylvania and also very active in the lincoln forum. a lot of us went this past year. i think we had a record turnout for the lincoln group going to the lincoln forum. we're going to try to beat that record this year in november. wendy is involved in all of those. tonight she's going to talk about her time talking about -- is going to talk about her lincoln art and maybe a little bit more

please welcome wendy allen. [applause] before i begin, i would like to thank david. i made his life miserable today with this technology. >> all weekend! >> all weekend, sorry. it is an entire multimedia presentation with video and everything. i'm surprised she is still talking to be. thank you. take you, john as well. it is an honor to be here tonight. an extreme honor. they could for welcoming me to your event tonight. multimedia.to be i hope you enjoy. ♪ ♪ cover ago, the rent only scholar can be did a book i found this extraordinary little nugget concerning a particular photo session lincoln had for alexander gardner studio here in washington on november 8, 18 63. it reads "gardener, however, has traditionally received credit for these masterpieces, and those were the five pieces you just saw." "since much do- not understand the role of sending lincoln to the gallery and hosed-- like >> sarah ames received another credit she deserved. magazineso wrote in a article that appeared in 1989 in the april issue of civil war times illustrated titled "misses ames and mr. l

the lincoln group of the district of columbia hosted this event. >> our speaker tonight is wendy alleni think most people in the room know who wendy avenues. she is an artist.