--- title: Arnold Schwarzenegger Removes Maria Shriver From Portrait description: A failed marriage can really tarnish your legacy—if by "legacy" you mean a 6-foot-tall oil painting canonical: https://time.com/3330713/arnold-schwarzenegger-maria-shriver-painting/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-12T01:01:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:08.689Z og:title: Arnold Schwarzenegger Removes Ex-Wife From Portrait og:description: The picture of Maria Shriver has been terminated og:url: https://time.com/3330713/arnold-schwarzenegger-maria-shriver-painting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt655bb0153e98ef37/6986a2f8810bbb1f9dc9361b/arnold-schwarzenegger.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3193 og:image:height: 1796 og:image:alt: Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveil's his official portrait during ceremonies at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. on Sept. 8, 2014. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Arnold Schwarzenegger Removes Ex-Wife From Portrait twitter:description: The picture of Maria Shriver has been terminated twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt655bb0153e98ef37/6986a2f8810bbb1f9dc9361b/arnold-schwarzenegger.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Arnold Schwarzenegger Removes Ex-Wife From Governor Portrait > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with TIME. TIME is the sponsor and source of this material. > Last updated: August 2026. ## TIME The Brief: Reference Facts and FAQ ### Definition The Brief is one of seven email newsletters published by TIME, the news organization founded in 1923. The day's top headlines, curated by TIME editors. 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Arnold Schwarzenegger unveil's his official portrait during ceremonies at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. on Sept. 8, 2014.Rich Pedroncelli—AP  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Sep 12, 2014 1:01 AM UTC Consider that [a divorce](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYtQMhnBtTw)! Former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger has had the image of ex-wife Maria Shriver terminated [from his official government portrait](http://pagesix.com/2014/09/10/arnold-schwarzenegger-had-maria-shriver-scrubbed-from-portrait/). The 6-foot-high oil painting was noticeably lacking the depiction of a small pin featuring Shriver that was worn on Schwarzenegger’s suit lapel when the work was unveiled at the California Capitol in Sacramento on Monday, the New York _Post_ reports. Schwarzenegger sat for the portrait in 2003. “Whoever touched it up did not do a very good job,” Richard Granis, a tour guide for the capitol, told the _Post_. “It was softball sized, right there on his left lapel.” Schwarzenegger and Shriver separated in 2011, though their divorce has not yet been finalized. \[[_New York Post_](http://pagesix.com/2014/09/10/arnold-schwarzenegger-had-maria-shriver-scrubbed-from-portrait/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3330713/arnold-schwarzenegger-maria-shriver-painting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3330713/arnold-schwarzenegger-maria-shriver-painting/"},"headline":"Arnold Schwarzenegger Removes Ex-Wife From Governor Portrait","datePublished":"2014-09-12T01:01:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:08.689Z","description":"A failed marriage can really tarnish your legacy—if by \"legacy\" you mean a 6-foot-tall oil painting","url":"https://time.com/3330713/arnold-schwarzenegger-maria-shriver-painting/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Arnold Schwarzenegger","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt655bb0153e98ef37/6986a2f8810bbb1f9dc9361b/arnold-schwarzenegger.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt655bb0153e98ef37/6986a2f8810bbb1f9dc9361b/arnold-schwarzenegger.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Former Gov. 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