“There’s a Rembrandt trapped in this body. It’s your job to find it.”
That, apparently, is what George Bush told his Dallas art teacher. Clearly he was only joking - which is actually rather a pity given that, where the 17th century Dutch master was confined to a stolid milieu of decidedly dour burghers, the former President of the United States has mingled with most of the world’s most distinguished men.
Just imagine if he had made the most of his opportunities and sat down to sketch anyone from the Dalai Lama through Nelson Mandela to Pope Benedict. They might have