What merit would someone have to have to be able to rightly say when a painting is garbage or not, I just think that compared to the legacy that he is a part of, it looks awful to just throw out 200+ years of traditional presidential portraits to look cool
Even I agree that stylistically it’s an attractive; or at least a well done painting. The merit or quality of art isn’t subjective as modernists would like you to believe. By all classical standards the painter is clearly very skilled; there’s just a bad message behind it all.