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Welcome to Rich Thompson Art, specializing in original Lincoln portraits and caricatures.  Please take the time to view the gallery and read the artist profile. Prints are available in a variety of sizes on acid free paper or canvas. Any questions and/or purchase inquires please email Rich at richthompsonart@yahoo.com

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About the Artist

Artist Rich Thompson with “Lincoln’s Sword”

 

Rich Thompson is a self taught artist, who’s always been drawn to American history and specifically Abraham Lincoln. Rich’s work was on display and won visitors choice at the Rosenbach Museum in Philadelphia during Lincoln’s 200th birthday celebration. Currently, Rich has pieces in the Lincoln Collection at the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum in Springfield, IL, the Lincoln Museum in Hodgenville, Kentucky, The Lincoln Library and Museum in Harrogate, Tennessee, as well as two pieces hanging at Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC. He’s been published in the Civil War Preservation Trust magazine, Hallowed Ground, as well as had a painting used in the playbill at Ford’s Theatre’s production of “The Rivalry”.

Feel free to contact Rich at:  richthompsonart@yahoo.com

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See Rich’s Work

When in Gettysburg, original artwork available at:

Gallery 30
30 York Street
Gettysburg, PA 17325

Phone:  717-334-0335

info@gallery30.com

When in Washington, DC, prints available at:

Ford’s Theatre Gift Shop
516 10th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004

Lincoln’s Cottage
3700 North Capital Street NW
Washington, DC 20010

Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln Memorial Gift Shop
Independence Avenue SW and 23rd Street SW
Washington, DC 20001

National Archives
700 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20408

 

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"Rich Thompson's work captures the pathos and suffering of a remarkable man, but tempers Lincoln's sadness with hope, and understanding." Steven Wilson, Curator, The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum

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