Chas Fagan

Charles A. Fagan (born 1966), better known as Chas Fagan, is an American artist and sculptor. He is known for painting oil portraits of all 45 U.S. Presidents (as of 2016), on commission from C-SPAN and the White House Historical Association. He also painted the official canonization image of Mother Teresa on commission from the Knights of Columbus, basing his work on a photograph by Michael Collopy. His other works include portraits, landscapes and still life, along with sculptures related to American historical figures. His work was featured in the American Presidents: Life Portraits exhibition in 1999, and in other venues.

Biography Chas Fagan was born in Ligonier, Pennsylvania in 1966. He spent much of his early life in Belgium with his father, who worked as a diplomat.

Fagan produced a monument of Captain James Jack and horse, who rode the Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Declaration of Independence in June 1775 to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Dedication of the monument called "The Spirit of Mecklenburg" was made with full colonial set and re-enactors on the 235th anniversary of the famous ride and took place nationally on "Good Morning, America" hosted by Cokie Roberts. His bronze sculpture of Reagan received criticism from KCRW journalist Edward Goldman for its:

He was appointed to the Commission of Fine Arts by President Donald Trump, and replaced by Joe Biden.

Notable works Lyndon B. Johnson (1995), Little Tranquility Park, Houston, Texas Official White House portrait of Barbara Bush (2005) Neil Armstrong (2007), Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Statue of Ronald Reagan (2009), National Statuary Hall Collection, Washington, D.C. Ronald Reagan Statue, London Ronald Reagan Statue, Berlin George H. W. Bush Monument (2004), Sesquicentennial Park, Houston, Texas George H. W. Bush statue, Berlin Statue of Billy Graham (2024), National Statuary Hall Collection, Washington, D.C.