CW Art

[paulcalloway]

Just wondering how many of you own some "CW Art".

I have a Troiani Print "Eve of the Storm" 1089/1500 and a William Maughn Print, "The Prayer Warrior". So shoot me, I'm a Stonewall Jackson bandwagon jumper. Both matted and framed in cherry wood.

[paulcalloway]

Riley -
You make me wonder when you select 1) Troiani, 2) Rocco and 3) "I own no art".

[Jerseyman]

My wife has been kind enough to buy me 4 Troiani's over the last year or so decorate the study at home:

Rock of Erin
Eagle of the Eighth
Fire on Caroline Street
Burnsides Bridge

Many years ago my Father got me a print of the 1st Battalion, 13th US Infantry assaulting the Conferate works at Vicksburg. It is part of the US War Office series.

Jeff Lau

[UnionMan]

Quite a few years back my parents gave me a very nicely framed print of Gallon's "The Day is Ours" as a Christmas present. Truth be told, Gallon is not my favorite artist and I would prefer a Troiani, but it was a nice gift nonetheless. Thanks, folks!

-Tad

[65thgainf]

I have a few different ones. BUT - If anyone has or runs across "The Wild Hills Of Resaca." I would love to have it. The artist wasn't that well known (early - mid 1990's) I think. He kept them at his house which suffered a fire and damaged a large majority of the prints. I don't think they are very valuable since he wasnt' that a good of an artist - but I live in Resaca - so its a sentimental thing for me.

Jerry Holmes
rc648@yahoo.com

[JKfifer119]

Just wondering how many of you own some "CW Art".

I have a Troiani Print "Eve of the Storm" 1089/1500 and a William Maughn Print, "The Prayer Warrior". So shoot me, I'm a Stonewall Jackson bandwagon jumper. Both matted and framed in cherry wood.



I have five by Brad Schmehl...They are a series he did on the irish brigade a while back
capt Clooney's Charge
Absolution at Gettysburg
Fierce when provoked
St Patricks Day 1863
Donnybrook at Dusk


all very nicely done

cheers
Joe korber

[Rob Walker]

Just wondering how many of you own some "CW Art".

I have a Troiani Print "Eve of the Storm" 1089/1500 and a William Maughn Print, "The Prayer Warrior". So shoot me, I'm a Stonewall Jackson bandwagon jumper. Both matted and framed in cherry wood.

I have seven Bradley Schmehl prints two Dale Gallons and one Kuntsler much to my wifes' dismay. Schmehl did a great series on Stonewall Jackson - "Jackson's Disciples, etc.

Rob Walker
Co. H 119th NYSV

[Hoosier Yank]

I'm a Keith Rocco man myself!
Outpost (Union)
Outpost (Confederate)
In Reserve
The Chosen Ground
Decision at the Crossroad - Battle of Corinth

Rocco’s art reminds me of Winslow Homer works. He isn't obsessed with the Irish, Jackson, or Stuart :baring_te . Many of his paintings and prints portray my beloved uncouth Westerners both Federal and Confederate, which I enjoy, go figure!

[Rich Pisarski]

I had walk around the house to take a head count i have
9 KUNSTLERS
1 TROIANI
1 GALLON
1 ROCCO won it in a raffle
1 SCHMEHL it had 119th ny knapsack in it
1 FEARNLEY my wife liked the riverboat
1 ROBERT SUMMERS won it in a raffle

[dusty27]

http://www.mortkunstler.com/gallery/merchant.ihtml?pid=316&lastcatid=68&step=4 (http://www.mortkunstler.com/gallery/merchant.ihtml?pid=316&lastcatid=68&step=4)

http://www.mortkunstler.com/gallery/merchant.ihtml?pid=31&lastcatid=69&step=4 (http://www.mortkunstler.com/gallery/merchant.ihtml?pid=31&lastcatid=69&step=4)

http://www.mortkunstler.com/gallery/merchant.ihtml?pid=36&lastcatid=69&step=4 (http://www.mortkunstler.com/gallery/merchant.ihtml?pid=36&lastcatid=69&step=4)

All nicely matted and framed. Now if my wife would let me hang them.....

I also have two portraits; Lee and Jackson.

[BrianHicks]

I think I'm down to only about seven or eight Troiani's. I have four or five Kunstlers, 1 Gallon, one Schmell, several Strains and a few Rick Reeves.

[Noble Pelican]

I have a few different ones. BUT - If anyone has or runs across "The Wild Hills Of Resaca." I would love to have it. The artist wasn't that well known (early - mid 1990's) I think. He kept them at his house which suffered a fire and damaged a large majority of the prints. I don't think they are very valuable since he wasnt' that a good of an artist - but I live in Resaca - so its a sentimental thing for me.

Jerry Holmes
rc648@yahoo.com


I have several art prints and even some original pieces from the late 1800s and beyond but I would have to say the majority are of Don Troiani and Robert Rucker. Rucker is a Louisiana painter who does nice ones of the Civil War or Antebellum era including "Christmas at Mansfield" and "Donaldsonville Artillery"
Troiani's include "Rebel Yell", "Louisiana Tiger", and the seemingly unknown one, "Sibley' Texans." I really like Rick Reeves work on "A Grand Charge" (the 165th New York Charge at Port Hudson.) and want to get more of his.
I have one that most of the women tend to migrate to by Don Stivers with the southern belle hanging on the arm of her departing captain.
But, like you Jerry, I too am interested in one from the Atlanta Campaign that showed Austin's (14th) Battalion of Louisiana Sharpshooters. Somewhere in an old CWTI it has who did it and a the name of it I cant recall. I once called Rick Reeves and asked him but he said it wasnt him. It sounds like we may be talking about the same print. If I find it I will let you know and vice versa.

[dedogtent]

This is really my first post here as I have come on here for years and learned a great deal from this site, a ton of great information here. Anyway, I own 2 prints from Phil Wikoff, a local Wilmington, De. artist: 1. 'In the ray of the clear Autumn moon'(Gen. Grant)..2. 2nd Delaware 'Into the Wheatfield'...July 2nd 1863...also my wife and kids had Phil do a pencil sketch of me without me knowing it and I got it for Father's Day around 4 years ago. The last print I own is a Bradley Schmehl: 'Into the Wheatfield'...The 2nd Delaware at Gettysburg....I was lucky enough to be a model for this painting back in 2000 and ended up being in the painting which now resides in Legislative Hall in Dover, Delaware, our state capital. So, I think it's pretty cool when my time is up here, a ton of school kids and others will view that great painting with me in it till the end of time.

[Iron Scout]

I've done research for Dan Nance for some time and would highly recommend him. He's currently gotten into some Native-American artwork that's been really interesting also. Anyone seen his Forrest series? My two cents.
www.dannance.com

Neill Rose
PLHA

[MoFed]

Although probably not considered "Civil War Art" in the context of this poll, I have two original Harper's Weekly "centerfolds" depicting the Death of Lyon at Wilson's Creek and the Battle of Lexington (Mo) framed in my office. I would like to get a print of the Winslow Homer painting depicting a veteran at work in a field. Among the current crop of artists, my pick would be Troiani and Rocco.

Charles D. Hoskins

[Rich Mason]

I have "The Diehards" by Troiani and a print of Stonewall, "Prayer Warrior" by Maughn in my family room.

I also have the portait prints of Lee and Jackson in my living room (probably the same two that Dusty mentioned) that my wife got for me.

Being related to Jackson, has made me a bit of a fan of his.

Rich Mason
2nd Virginia Volunteer Infantry

[6thLouisiana]

I have about 12 Rick Reeves Prints. I have always liked his work, but have not seen anything new from him for some time.

Dirk Behana
6th Louisiana

[Bill Huber]

I own works by Troiani, Kunstsler, Strain, Rocco, Gallon,and Thorson

My favorite is "The Skirmishers" by Mike Thorson - he really captures the essence of the everyday western federal.
Same problem Dusty has, to get the Mrs. to let me hang all of them...

[tenthmo]

You cats should check out the work of http://www.andythomas.com
He primarily does trans-mississippi art, including paintings of Wilson's Creek, Carthage, Mine Creek, Pea Ridge, and Westport.
One of his favorites depicts the 3rd Missouri (german greyshirts) marching through Carthage, Mo on way to July 4, 1861 battle.
A pro-union young lady lifts her skirts as the men pass showing the Union flag pinned to her petticoat.
If you go to his site, click on Civil War Art.

[Curt-Heinrich Schmidt]

Hallo Kameraden!

I was an "early" Troiani patron, but after I filled up a houseful of wall spaces, I grew tired of having to be on "a list" where I agreed to take the prints before the painting was done (espcially when I was a Confederate and was not interested in Federal...).

Plus when I tried to sell them off, unsuccessfully for what I paid for them, I learned a lot about prints and the "Secondary Market."

IMHO, I favor Don Troiani because he is more of a "Civil War Chronicler/Illustrator" (using period "relics," etc., etc. for his work) rather than some "Civil War Artists" who uses mainstream reeenactors as models, or even photographs taken at F/M events to work from.
As a result, Troiani's work, IMHO, creates something of a historic "you were there" feel, where other artists create a "you are looking at reenactors and reenactments." (Does one buy a print to see "history," (or expressive, evocative art) or to see "oneself?")

Then again, art, like beauty, can be in the eye of the beholder- and everyone sees and likes something different that works for them.

I put the Troiani works into storage, and replaced them on the walls with Robert Griffing... (need a bigger house or a smaller hobby). :-)

Curt-Heinrich Schmidt

[John of the Skulkers Mess]

Got me some Troiani's.
- Reg-Legged Devils
- Eagle of the Eighth
- Opdycke's Tigers


Got a Dale Gallon (for sale) 'The Day is Ours' by the way .....

:)


John Pillers

[DougCooper]

Troiani and Rocco...and Edwin Forbes.

[vbetts]

Two framed Harper's Weekly illustrations in my living room--Camp Ford, Texas, and the exodus of Confederate refugees from Atlanta. Wonder why! ;-)

Vicki Betts
vbetts@gower.net

[RN_PAC]

Hello everyone:

I must admit I am a sworn Troiani man, maybe partly because I am very impressed with the work of Eduard Detalle who seems to have been a kind of inspiration to Troiani. I must admit that I am also biased as I had the opportunity (with a number of others in the 5th New York) to pose for Mr. Troiani at his home in Danbury back in March or so of 1991 for the "Red Devils" print depicting Duryee's Zouaves at Gaines Mill. The prints I own have all been gifts mostly from my father, although the above print was given as part of the compensation for "modelling". They are:

Retreat by Recoil
114th PA Collis Zouaves Regimental Series
155th PA Zouaves Regimental Series
The Red Devils
Medal of Honor (dad's xmas present to me)
Richmond Howitzers (mini print released with "Don Troiani's Civil War" 1st ed.)
...and some old "unlimited" mass produced "print" of a generic heavy artilleryman.

Hope to add to the collection soon!

Best regards to all,
Tom Scoufalos

[hireddutchcutthroat]

I dont own any, but I want these three:

Troiani´s
Opdyke´s Tigers

Keith Rocco´s
Outpost (Union)
Outpost (Confederate)

I also love Winslow Homers work.

[Mark Susnis]

I own Don Troiani's "Garry Owen" which depicts the Irish Brigade crossing a pontoon bridge at Fredericksburg. Story behind this one is that I got a call from a friend of mine George Taggart in January '02 asking if I wanted to be an artist model for one of Troiani's prints. We left Richmond at 3:30 a.m. on a Saturday and picked up a few more friends in Maryland before hauling up to Troiani's place in Connecticut. We made it to his place at 2 pm just in time for the shoot. He had us clad in overcoats and Enfields out in his driveway. We spent 45 minutes in various poses and then headed back south to the Old Dominion. We each received a check for $50 before departing and in August a surprise showed up at my door from Historical Art Prints. A free signed copy of Garry Owen. We spent 18 hours on the road for 45 minutes of work. Definitely worth the road trip...

Mark Susnis

[marine05]

Let me see:

3 Kuntsler's "Chamberlain and the 20th Maine"
"Chamberlain's Charge" (poster)
"God be with you"
8 Gallon's "sketch of Confederate Artillery Crew"
"20th Maine and the 15th Alabama"
"The Drummer"
"Fighting Irish"
"Fire at the Angle/The day is ours"
"The Musician"
"Last Promise"
"A farewell rose"
2 Troiani "U.S. Marines"
"Confederate States Marines"
Don Stivers "Strike for God and Country"

I'm always looking for more, my wife wants Gallon's Joshua and Fanny, but I'm running out of wall space!! Guess I need a bigger house :rolleyes:

s/f

DJM

[CJSchumacher]

I own Don Troiani's "Garry Owen" which depicts the Irish Brigade crossing a pontoon bridge at Fredericksburg. Story behind this one is that I got a call from a friend of mine George Taggart in January '02 asking if I wanted to be an artist model for one of Troiani's prints. We left Richmond at 3:30 a.m. on a Saturday and picked up a few more friends in Maryland before hauling up to Troiani's place in Connecticut. We made it to his place at 2 pm just in time for the shoot. He had us clad in overcoats and Enfields out in his driveway. We spent 45 minutes in various poses and then headed back south to the Old Dominion. We each received a check for $50 before departing and in August a surprise showed up at my door from Historical Art Prints. A free signed copy of Garry Owen. We spent 18 hours on the road for 45 minutes of work. Definitely worth the road trip...

Mark Susnis

Mark,

That was a HE!! of a road trip, though!!

:shades_sm

[TexReb]

Gents:

If I may toot my own horn here. I have, over the years, collected Civil War art. As with many of you, Troiani is my favorite. While I don't have his most collectibles I do have a few that did take a little digging to get. The favorite in my collection is "Lone Star"..an amazing piece.

I also favor Rick Reeves. Mr. Reeves does not do a lot of Civil War art anymore. He does a lot of WWII art, which if any of you have had an opportunity to see is excellent.

I do have some of Rick Reeves' rarer pieces. "Twilight of an Army" and "Orhpan Brigade". If you look at these pieces vs. is more modern works you can see the development of his style and use of color.

I also enjoy picking up some of the lesser known works. I have a piece by Tom Lovell "Battle of the Crater". This is truly an amazing work.

Collecting Civil War art is one of my passions and I could go on and on here but I will not bore you with my soap box talk.

Thanks for letting me chime in on this.

Steve Johnston

[orngblsm]

So far I only own one...and that's "The Men Must See Us Today" This was one of troiani's earlier gettysburg pieces. It depicts the 124th New York on Houck's Ridge July 2nd 1863.

[marlin teat]

Gents:

If I may toot my own horn here. I have, over the years, collected Civil War art. As with many of you, Troiani is my favorite. While I don't have his most collectibles I do have a few that did take a little digging to get. The favorite in my collection is "Lone Star"..an amazing piece.

I also favor Rick Reeves. Mr. Reeves does not do a lot of Civil War art anymore. He does a lot of WWII art, which if any of you have had an opportunity to see is excellent.

I do have some of Rick Reeves' rarer pieces. "Twilight of an Army" and "Orhpan Brigade". If you look at these pieces vs. is more modern works you can see the development of his style and use of color.

I also enjoy picking up some of the lesser known works. I have a piece by Tom Lovell "Battle of the Crater". This is truly an amazing work.

Collecting Civil War art is one of my passions and I could go on and on here but I will not bore you with my soap box talk.

Thanks for letting me chime in on this.

Steve Johnston

There was a magazine-style book published during the Centenial that was illustrated by Tom Lovell that had some of the most amazing CW prints including "Battle of the Crater". I have always been impressed by Lovell's realism, although others such as Troiani may have surpassed him in research. I believe it was by the Saturday Evening Post or maybe Life magazine. Anyway, I've been looking for this book for years.

I've also been searching for an affordable copy of his Crater print so if anyone has any ideas, please let me know.

ps: The Booth Museum of Western Art in Cartersville, Ga. (www.boothmuseum.org ) has a large collection of Troiani originals on display.
Troiani joked that the Booth has more of his art than he does. Cartersville is about 15-20 miles north of Pickett's Mill and just a few miles from Altoona Pass on Highway 41.

[Sweatshop_Tailor]

[QUOTE=marlin teat]There was a magazine-style book published during the Centenial that was illustrated by Tom Lovell that had some of the most amazing CW prints including "Battle of the Crater". I have always been impressed by Lovell's realism, although others such as Troiani may have surpassed him in research. I believe it was by the Saturday Evening Post or maybe Life magazine. Anyway, I've been looking for this book for years.


Hey Marlin Teat,
You are speaking of the book that got me into the Civil War when I was 7 years old! :tounge_sm I got in while in vacation at G'burg with my parents in 1974. I have still got it, and believe it still contains some of the best 'contemporary' Civil War art ever made (especially Lovell's crater). The reference is:
Great Battles of the Civil War, by the editors of LIFE, published by TIME in 1961.
My copy has acheived the status of 'Holy Relic' on my book shelf -- well worth searching for a copy!

Aside from this I am no big fan of contemporary artists. I prefer the stuff by the men who really saw it. If prints of the work of Conrad Wise Chapman or Winslow Homer were more widely available they would hang on my wall!

Regards,
K.C. MacDonald
Lazy Jacks Mess
http://lazyjacks.org.uk/

[DougCooper]

It has been interesting to see the evolution of this genre over the past 10-15 years. I actually had a side business of sorts in Troiani prints, investing in each one (sometimes 2-3) as they were issued and then selling on the secondary market for a profit through the various galleries or individuals. Interestingly, it was not living historians but mostly tourists at the parks who bought them. My best customer was a guy who owned several Pizza restaurants in Northern Virginia and put them on the walls. I always kept a few of course but like most of us have limited wall space.

The market has become somewhat flatter for Don's work over the past few years. Not sure if that is from competition, price or simply because the best "themes" have been painted already. It appears that Gettysburg CS and the oldest prints are still king, with other CS and US Zouave/Irish 2nd followed by US anything, in terms of secondary market value. It takes much longer for one of Don's prints to sell out these days. I no longer buy them accept those few that really grab me. His books have now become a major component of his business. Don is still the master of "getting it right." There is no comparison in my opinion between his work (research and technique) and the "painters of reenactors" like Kunstler, Stivers, Gallon, etc. I got to spend some time contacting and working with some of them for the Army War College annual gift choice. Kuntsler's attitude was particularly off-putting.

For pure "period feel" and that indefinable connection to Winslow Homer, Forbes and Waud...Keith Rocco is my favorite. Keith has guts - he paints what he feels and is not afraid to paint an entire scene where most of the soldiers have their backs to the viewer. I still don't have any wall space, but if I did, more of Keith's would be hanging.

Tom Lovell was a genius. Time for another reissue of his work.

[Rick Keating]

I'm a Keith Rocco fan simply because his paintings seem to have more feeling in my opinion. Keith paints in the "old school" style. I'd call Rocco a painter, others like Troiani, Gallon, etc. I'd call illustrators. Their work more resembles technical illustrations than paintings.

I prefer a style like Winslow Homer which looks like a painting compared to a Troiani which looks like it could have been a photograph and run through Photoshop.

Being interested primarily in the Western Theater I have made an effort to collect all of Keith Rocco's prints of the Western Theater.

I know everyone has to make a living but Mort Kunstler (painting a week, or so it seems) leaves me cold. My opinion is most of his stuff is... not good.

Rick Keating
wish I could paint as bad as Kunstler :D

[celtfiddler]

I have one Henry Kidd print. I can't afford Troiani, Kunstler or the rest of the gang. I will second Mr Keating's comments about not caring for the majority of Kuntsler's work--I'm not fond of mass produced work like his

[79th N.Y.S.M.]

This explains it....

http://www.talonsvcs.com/villagegallery/troiani/dt_highlander.htm

Mines on Don Troiani.

[DougCooper]

That is a good piece by Don - wish that the local 79th NYSM reenactors would read the fine print and stop wearing the early 61 uniform (trews and glengarry) for every event out here. Cheapens the impression.

I did not realize Kuntsler was that prolific...no wonder there is so much mediocre stuff on the market. Not sure Mort cares though :wink_smil

Good point on the difference between "artists" and "illustrators."

Anybody own a Donna Nagle?

[tomarch]

Go over to JonahWorld and read what he has to say about C.W.art.

Personally, I'm waiting for the series of lagre sad-eyed Confed. Generals, painted on purple velvet.. :D

[K Bartsch]

Go over to JonahWorld and read what he has to say about C.W.art.

Personally, I'm waiting for the series of lagre sad-eyed Confed. Generals, painted on purple velvet.. :D

I wondered when someone would bring that little Jonah Begone piece up. :D My sentiments exactly. I bought a few myself early on but have gotten to the place where I too asked the question "why spend hundreds on a picture of an illustration?" That said, they can often be bought pretty reasonably on the secondary market from folks who have stacks of them and need to shift a few. Picked up a couple myself way under the MSRP that way. Just my opinion mind you, but although they're fun to decorate your den with, unless you're fortunate enough to own the original (which I'm not) they aren't ever going to be worth much as an "investment," particularly in the broader art market.

Cordially,

[riedb711]

We Have Serveral Mort Kunstler Prints Lining The Walls Of Our Home. We Have A Beautiful Pencil Drawing Done By Dale Gallon. We Have Been To Our Local Museum To View Mort Kunstler's Original Pieces And Have Also Been To A Mort Kunstler Book Signing. We Had The Pleasure Of Having Mort Kunstler Sign Serveral Of Our Books And Prints. Barry Riedel Co H. 119 Nyv

[SCSecesh]

Neill said it but I haven't seen any other's mention Dan Nance. The detail in his images are as good as they get!

[Enfilade]

Dan Nance is the man!

Most of the usual suspects have paintings that look like reenactors. At least Dan's look like soldiers in real scenes you can imagine.

Mark Berrier
North State Rifles
combinations@northstate.net

[79th N.Y.S.M.]

That is a good piece by Don - wish that the local 79th NYSM reenactors would read the fine print and stop wearing the early 61 uniform (trews and glengarry) for every event out here. Cheapens the impression.

I did not realize Kuntsler was that prolific...no wonder there is so much mediocre stuff on the market. Not sure Mort cares though

Good point on the difference between "artists" and "illustrators."

Anybody own a Donna Nagle?
Yep. Would this be more authentic?
(Link Deleted, Blatent Farbery)

[Tom Ezell]

I like Troiani's work, and eventually bought both of his books (no prints, though). Wish he would do a little more Army of Tennessee work, there's a market out here somewhere...

When comes to actually buying and hanging prints, I bought Andy Thomas. I like his painting style, and his subjects seal the deal. Hanging in the office is Thomas' Wilson's Creek and Prairie Grove prints, along with an original oil of the Heidelberg castle and Alte Bruecke that I bought one night at the Heilbronn officer's club back in 1980. Willi the bartender framed it for me...

Tom

[13thnhv]

I own 2 Troianis: Don't Give an Inch and Fire on Caroline St. My next one, when I can afford it, will be Barksdale's Charge.

[Masked Battery]

I agree with Mssrs. Rose, Chinnis, and Berrier in their assessment of Dan Nance's work.
As far as actual CW artists go, C.W. Chapman is great, but Omenhausser's Point Lookout watercolors are AMAZING.

Don't know much about art, but I knows what I likes when I sees it.

Neal

[Bob McDonald]

[QUOTE=Rick Keating]I'm a Keith Rocco fan simply because his paintings seem to have more feeling in my opinion. Keith paints in the "old school" style. I'd call Rocco a painter, others like Troiani, Gallon, etc. I'd call illustrators. Their work more resembles technical illustrations than paintings.

I prefer a style like Winslow Homer which looks like a painting compared to a Troiani which looks like it could have been a photograph and run through Photoshop.


Attempting to differentiate among the artists named throughout these posts by labeling those who paint in a more highly realistic manner as "illustrators", rather than painters, is both misguided and demeaning of some extraordinary talents. By definition, all painters who have worked or are working with the subject of the Civil War are "realists". Rendering in a less sharply defined style does not mean a painting is any more "artistic" or worthy of greater merit. Master artists such as Durer, VanMeer, Holbien, Ingres, David and Andrew Wyeth are all noted for their exceptional detail and extremely realistic work.


Sincerely,

Bob McDonald[/SIZE]

[BishopLynch]

Im a Troiani Fan. I own no paintings of his, only a limited edition signed book of his art. The paintings are so full of color and the expressions and detail are so lifelike. My parents bought me a Kuntsler painting book a few years ago and I must say I cannot stand it. I really cannot stand his paintings, except for one of Armistead going over the wall at Picketts charge. Thats really all the art I own.

[RelicRoomGuy]

Hey, Dan Nance needs a mention here!

[RelicRoomGuy]

Whoops - that's what happens when you
"reply" before reading through the entries...sorry! It's Monday morning and I need more coffee. I won't post anything else 'til properly caffeinated.

[Black_Hat]

Hello! I'm new here. I saw this forum and had to post a reply...

Collecting Civil War art started for me back in 1999 when I saw Keith Rocco's "The Last Full Measure" 1st Minnesota print advertised in America's Civil War magazine. It was the first print I purchased. I also own "The Chosen Ground", and "Buford and Reynolds at Gettysburg" by Keith.

I have also owned - but subsequently auctioned off on eBay - his "Hold the Ground At All Hazards", and "Defense of Little Round Top, 20th Maine" prints. Was running out of room on my walls!

Eventually, I was drawn to Don Troiani's work, as well, and purchased "Rock of Erin" and "Iron Brigade".

I also once owned Dale Gallon's "Men of Iron"... but sold it a while back when I learned of Troiani's impending release of "Iron Brigade" which is of the same subject matter. I don't particularly like Gallon's style. But it was an Iron Brigade subject and I collect mainly Iron Brigade prints.

Of all the artists out there, Keith Rocco is my fave with Troiani running a close 2nd. I detest Kunstler's work (with all due respect to him as an accomplished artist). His stuff always looked to me as if it belonged on a collectible porcelin plate! Too pretty and "wispy". Rocco's work is very painterly and gritty - I like that. Troiani is, well... he's Don Troiani. His work is dramatic and powerful, and I have to agree that he IS the most accomplished Civil War artist of our time.

I have a dream of a "Gettysburg Room" someday - when I buy a house. As you can tell, all of the prints I have listed are of Gettysburg subjects. I want to have a wall devoted to each day of the battle. Some prints that I will need to complete this room are long OOP, and will cost me dearly to acquire. Oh, well!

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[tsheehy]

I own one Troiani (Hancock at Gburg) and two of Keith Rocco's (Through the Cornfield & The Outpost).

Personally I like Rocco, he gives us a tast of civil war era in two ways, first through the actual topic and then through the theory/practice of the major influence during its time, impressionism.

Tim Sheehy
Botsford Mess

[Black_Hat]

"Through the Cornfield" is on my list of "someday" prints. I think that is my favorite print by any Civil War artist.

I framed a small calendar image of that piece, and have it on my wall. It makes do as a decent "poor man's" mini print... until the day I can get the real deal.

[Jubilo]

Dear Sir , My favorite is H. A. Ogden's "Stuarts Ride Around McClellan ." I also revere N.C. Wyeth and his disciple Keith Rocco.
all for the old flag ,
David Corbett

[Gary of CA]

I've got aviation and nautical prints on my walls at home. At work, I've got one of Carlos Hathcock and 1/95 Rifleman Tom Plunket. At home, there's no more space for pictures - and I need to squeeze in two more bookcases.

[ElizabethClark]

Hi All--this is one of the threads from 2004... probably not that big a deal if it's not revived. :)