Dale Gallon

[ariete]

Artwork By Dale Gallon
Lee by Dale Gallon. Gettysburg, PA, July 1, 1863

Colonel Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine hold the left flank of the Army of the Potomac on July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg

The Gray Ghost, John Singleton Mosby, preparing to defend the section of the Confederacy that borrowed his name

Sharpsburg, MD September 17, 1862 - General James Longstreet holding the horses for his staff while they worked Miller's Battery of the Washington Artillery

Gettysburg, PA, July 1, 1863 - Iverson's Brigade & the Union First Corps

Gettysburg, PA, July 2, 1863 - Major General John Bell Hood confers with Lt. General James Longstreet about a flank attack on Little Round Top

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Chambersburg PA aug 1864

July 1, 1863 - General Robert E. Lee and General Ambrose Powell Hill in Cashtown on the way to Gettysburg

Gettysburg, PA, July 2, 1863

gen John Buford and John Fulton Reynolds at Gettysbutg PA 1 july 1863

71st PA - battle of Gettysburg, PA, July 3, Pickett's Charge

Gettysburg, PA, July 3, 1863 - Soldiers of the 11th Mississippi

Dale Gallon Website

 

[AUG]

My favorite by Gallon, "Desperate Valor" depicting Hood at the head of the 4th Texas Infantry in their famous charge across Boatswain's Creek at Gaines' Mill.

 

[mofederal]

I have seen most these from calendars, but I still like seeing them. We got a print of Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, after we were there making the movie. I still have it.

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

I have print Number 3 or 4 of what I believe to be Dale Gallon's last painting...."Brock Field At Chickamauga".....A friend of mine personally commissioned the painting.

 

[donna]

Great works. Thanks for posting them.

 

[ariete]

who knows something about this one?

 

[JOHN42768]

Wonderful looking through them

 

[Zack]

@ariete it depicts the Pennsylvania Bucktails in a non-specific engagement, though it could very well be the stone wall by the wheat field at Gettysburg. The bucktails placed in the caps of the soldiers are indicative of their skill as marksmen. One company was assigned to bodyguard duty for President Lincoln (they can be seen in the Spielberg film Lincoln)
http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-1EA
http://bluegraymagazine.com/store/product43.html

 

[ariete]

thank you @Zack
(i substituted that pic with a better one)

 

[jay gale]

Got more than a couple of Gallon prints hanging in the house. On my last trip to Gettysburg I took my watercolor paints so I could do some field sketches. Well, I was in a bit of an artistic slump and couldn't paint a circle to save my life....after a frustrating couple of hours trying to paint the Trostle Barn I gave up and decided to take a break. I visited Dale's gallery and there he was working behind the counter. We started talking and I told him that I was trying to do some painting and having a hard time of it. He asked to see my sketchbook, looking through each page and telling me what worked and didn't. After that he told me to follow him back into his studio and I did, once there he gave me about a half hour painting lesson to show me how to paint the things that were giving me trouble....mostly skies and clouds.....

I was just astounded that he would take time out of his day to do that, and thanked him profusely. I also bought his newest book while there, he was generous enough to only charge me half price for it and then proceeded to paint a small watercolor on the title page and autographed it for me. He's a great guy, really down to earth, and I'm sorry that he closed his gallery.....it was one of my required stops while visiting Gettysburg.

 

[James N.]

... He's a great guy, really down to earth, and I'm sorry that he closed his gallery.....it was one of my required stops while visiting Gettysburg.

I was surprised during this year's September to Remember visit to Gettysburg to learn he was closing, and though the shop was still open at that time, it was looking pretty bare inside. I've never had the pleasure of meeting or talking with him as you have, and for many years regarded him as nothing more than a hack making bucks out of a once-popular art form and subject matter. However, I think his historical accuracy improved over the years, especially after he located his shop in Gettysburg. I never really warmed to his representations of events or composition like I did with Don Troiani's work and thought his figures looked too much like advertising art, but as I said I think his later work stands scrutiny better than most of his early work like the prints in the first post at the top of this thread do.

 

[Cavalry Charger]

who knows something about this one?

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Love this one! Awesome image.

 

[Cavalry Charger]

The 20th Maine and 15th Alabama at Gettysburg by Dale Gallon.

 

[jay gale]

I was surprised during this year's September to Remember visit to Gettysburg to learn he was closing, and though the shop was still open at that time, it was looking pretty bare inside. I've never had the pleasure of meeting or talking with him as you have, and for many years regarded him as nothing more than a hack making bucks out of a once-popular art form and subject matter. However, I think his historical accuracy improved over the years, especially after he located his shop in Gettysburg. I never really warmed to his representations of events or composition like I did with Don Troiani's work and thought his figures looked too much like advertising art, but as I said I think his later work stands scrutiny better than most of his early work like the prints in the first post at the top of this thread do.

yeah, there's some of his work that I find substandard, but you're right as he progressed the accuracy improved.

I like the guy, and I like most of his work but I agree with you that Troiani is hard to beat. I've had contact with him as well, but online discussions regarding technique and how to make reproductions of artwork. He's been really helpful and I see improvements in my work after what he and Mr. Gallon have told me.

 

[ariete]

same images post above but in different quality

+ 1 new 1863 07 01 Gettysburg, Railroad cut

 

[AUG]

Noticed the one of the 11th Mississippi at Gettysburg is reversed. Flipped it the right way.

Here's an excerpt from Lt. William Peel's account of the 11th Mississippi's charge:

We were now advancing in the face of a perfect tempest of maddened shells that ploughed our line & made sad havock in our ranks. As we moved onward we were greeted, as we came successively within range of these less far reaching, but far more destructive projectiles, with showers of grape & canister, &, at the distance of about two hundred yards the infantry opened on us from behind the stone fence. Pressing onward, we returned the fire. Our line was now melting away with an alarming rapidity. It was already reduced to a mere skeleton of the line of one hour ago. Still on it pushed, with a determination that must ever be a credit to the Confederate soldier.

Four brave men had already fallen under the colors of our Regt & now the fifth bore them aloft & rushed boldly forward to embrace if need be the fate of the other four. The flag staff was now cut in-two midway the flag, but without one moment's pause, the never-flinching little Irishman (Geo. Kidd), his flag now dangling in graceless confusion, from one corner still pushed fearlessly upon the stone fence. Thirteen of our Reg't had concentrated upon the colors, as if to constitute its guard. We were some yards in advance of the line, & now found ourselves within about thirty yards of the stone fence. Immediately before us was small framed house—about twenty feet square—the farther end of which joined the fence. Springing forward we secured its shelter, gaining at the same time, a position within twenty five feet of the Yankees behind the fence. The boys betook themselves to the work before them in good earnest. A number of shots were fired, which must have proven very fatal, as the distance was so small. Thinking the line rather a long time coming up, I looked to the rear. The state of my feelings may be imagined, but not described, upon seeing the line broken & flying in full disorder, at the distance of about one hundred & fifty yards from us.

What was to be done. A momentary consultation decided. Lt. R. A. McDowell & I were the only officers with the party. I being the senior, the responsibility, if indeed there were any, devolved upon me. There were but two alternatives: to surrender, or become the "flying target" of a thousand muskets. We preferred the former, & in a moment more a white flag floated from behind the corner, around which the moment before our acurately aimed muskets had belched their deadly contents into the ranks of the enemy. An old serg't came out & took charge of us, & ordered us through the gate that was open on the left of the house.
(The Diary of Lieutenant William Peel, Mississippi State Archives)

 

[Larryh86GT]

Those are all just beautiful.