Cuban Missile Crisis

by Dean Ellis

Title

Cuban Missile Crisis

Artist

Dean Ellis

Medium

Painting - Oil On Masonite

Description

On October 14, 1962, an overflight of Cuba by a U.S. U-2 spy plane revealed the presence of a Soviet-made ballistic missile and a number of launch sites under construction. For President John F. Kennedy it was the beginning of a two-week-long test of will. Putting himself against cunning Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, the young president announced on October 22 a "quarantine'' of shipping to Cuba. In the days that followed, tension rose and Americans waited for word that the many fallout shelters constructed during the 1950s would have to be put to use. But finally, on October 28, their worst fears were allayed. Khrushchev announced that "The Soviet government ... has given a new order to dismantle the arms which you described as offensive, and to crate and return them to Soviet Russia."

Born on Christmas Day in 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, Dean Ellis attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1941. World War II interrupted his education; for the next four years, he served as an infantryman in the Pacific. At the end of the war, Ellis returned to his studies at the Cleveland Institute of Art, then completed his education at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School. In 1950, Life Magazine selected him as one of 19 promising painters. Ellis designed several stamps for the United States and foreign governments. His U.S. Postage stamps include the 6¢ Arkansas River Navigation, 6¢ Natural History, 6¢ America's Hospitals postcard, 10¢ Jefferson Memorial and 20¢ Flag Over Supreme Court. His work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum, New York (1949, 1951, 1954), the Metropolitan (1949, 1951), the National Academy (1957, 1959, 1960) and at most major museums throughout the United States. In addition, he is represented in dozens of private collections across the country.

Please note the "Fine Art America" watermark will not appear on the painting or any print reproduction.

Artwork Copyright © 1994 Wind River Studios Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved under United States and international copyright laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, transmit, or otherwise exploit the Artwork in any way. Any sale of the physical original does not include or convey the Copyright or any right comprised in the Copyright. WRSH Stock Number XB14943

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April 6th, 2022

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