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This is a nice featured thread. I've never paid attention to the famous modern artists' renditions of various CW personalities and events. You can spend a lot of time looking at the pictures so they definitely capture your attention.
Many of the Jackson pieces are sentimental. I don't use that in a negative way; I'm just not an art critic.
The one that struck me the most was the funeral of Jackson. The reason why I'm commenting on this thread is because "Press Forward Men" is the only print I've seen on someone's wall. How would you critique that? As a piece of art - you know - color, composition, etc. How about as a piece of history? A lot going on in the pix. What would you look at? Comment on? Thanks.
Although Bradley Schmehl is one of my favorites where portraying Stonewall is concerned, I regret he's apparently pushing the Black Confederates angle - notice the inclusion dead center of what seems to be one serving as a member of the regiment! Also, in his The Grim Harvest of War (seen below), the focus is directed through Jackson's and Maj. Wheat's gaze toward the obvious body servant's maudlin anguish over the loss of his master, an infantry sergeant lying in his arms. Other than these dubious touches, Schmehl's palette is both good and authentic, and his attention to details rivals Troiani's and Rocco's, as in his portrayal of the uniforms of Wheat's Louisiana Tiger Rifles here. Jackson and His Disciples in the post above represents Jackson amid Capt. W. N. Pendleton's Rockbridge Artillery at the Battle of First Bull Run, and I think his representation of Stonewall's appearance, wearing his VMI professors' uniform and cap is actually more convincing than Troiani's version on the previous page in Drive Them to Washington.
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