This is a painting by Alma Thomas, a black artist who died in 1978. Its entitled “The Watusi” and is acrylic on canvas.  It is now famously hanging in Michelle Obama’s office.

But it turns out that its merely a ripoff of Henri Matisse’ “The Snail,” which is a paper cutout.

If you rotate the painting, you can easily see its a reproduction. I was checking out more of Alma Thomas’ works here. For the most part, I think they are without artistic merit. I do dig some of her pieces like this one.

But how do I know she didn’t steal that one too? More from Michelle Malkin here.

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