Mark Schuler (American, B. 1951) "John F. Kennedy" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Cold Press Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood Commemorative Cover for The Presidents of the United States of America Collection. Each Cover was postmarked at the birthplace of each President and on the anniversary of his birth. John F. Kennedy was America's youngest President and he ushered in years of boundless excitement, days when music, art and dance flourished in the White House. His political actions were no less energetic. He ruthlessly cracked down on civil rights issues, inaugurated the Peace Corps and offered the poor a "New Frontier" of hope. He met communism with brash confidence, forcing Soviet missiles out of Cuba. Perhaps the only time Kennedy faltered was during the Bay of Pigs operation, which was designed to wrest Cuba from Fidel Castro. But, through it all, his hopes for reelection looked bright. But it was not to be, for while he was campaigning in Dallas, Texas, an assassin killed America's young President John F. Kennedy. Image Size: 16 x 12.5 in. Overall Size: 19 x 16 in. Unframed. (B08990)