Don Troiani Artwork

[The Dude]

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Flag Bearer, Pickett's Command.

That is nice, I am not sure if I have seen that before

 

[Deleted member 8452]

That is nice, I am not sure if I have seen that before

I had never seen it before myself, I first saw last week when i was doing some research on Pickett's Brigade.

It is probably my favorite!

 

[The Dude]

Original watercolor Confederate Infantryman Army of Tennessee 1864

 

[The Dude]

Another really nice watercolor by DT Army of the Potomac Pioneers

 

[ole]

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Another really nice watercolor by DT Army of the Potomac Pioneers

First time I've seen a depiction of a pioneer. Did they really carry shovels in their pack?

 

[The Dude]

First time I've seen a depiction of a pioneer. Did they really carry shovels in their pack?

Not sure but I think the shovel is in beween his pack and back

 

[M Anthony Young]

Post no. 14. The guy on the front line who is reaching back with his hand toward the fella in the red shirt. That's John Wayne! Definitely.
Micky.

 

[juventuz]

A new one by Troiani: "Battle of Thames"
http://www.historicalartprints.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=564
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If you follow Don on Facebook, he posted a series of images and explanations of the process of painting this particular picture. It's interesting to get his insight on why he did what he did, and what he changed after he started.

 

[AUG]

 

[Folap]

Here are two that my father gave me.

I own those same two prints. Does anyone here have any additional information on them? Both are dated 1994 and the scale of the prints is a bit smaller than his other series of uniform/character studies. There is no COA or edition number.

 

[The Dude]

Yea Anthony I have always thought that lol

 

[spe801]

Do yall know the best place a poor college student can get a reasonably cheap Troiani print?

 

[John Davison]

Lone Star
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The 1st Texas of Hood's Texas Brigade charges into the cornfield at Antietam, mad as hell not having been able to eat their first breakfast in days. They slammed into men of the Iron Brigade. The Texans pressed the Federals through the cornfield and to the northern edge of it where Anderson's Brigade of Meade's division was posted. They received fire from several Pennsylvania regiments at their front and Campbell's Battery at their left. The 1st Texas left their flag, 8 color-bearers and 186 of their 226 men in the cornfield. Their 82.2% casualty percentage was the highest percentage of any other Confederate regiment in the war.

"…this is the time that tries the souls of men. Standing inactive, conscious of unseen danger, with bullets whistling over and around them, the increasing rattle of musketry in front, with now and then the ominous shriek of a shell as it tears through the ranks, taking out perhaps a file of men….The strain upon the men is terrible. It takes more than brute courage to make him stand. There must be some higher, nobler feeling to prompt him or he will run in this moment of his great trial." - W. D. Pritchard of Co I, 1st Tex

Rock of Erin
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The Irish 69th Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Philadelphia Brigade, holding Cemetery Ridge on July 3rd.

Patrick Cleburne
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Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne leads his Division in the assault upon the earthworks built around Franklin, TN by the Army of Ohio. Cleburne, in his last moments before the attack, would tell Brig. Gen. Daniel C. Govan "Well, Govan, if we are to die, let us die like men." Cleburne would be killed in the attack, shot through the chest after having two horses shot out from under him and cheering his men forward.

The 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg
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During the second day of Gettysburg the Confederates of Brig. Gen. Camdus Wilcox had broken through Sickles' position. With a failed attempt at rallying Sickles' men, Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock had ordered the 1st Minnesota that was held in reserve nearby to counterattack and fill the gap in the Union line until reinforcements could arrive. They attacked a force 4 times their own strength and successfully drove them from their position. Out of the 262 men that took part in the attack, 215 were killed, wounded, or missing.

Bronze Gun and Iron Men

Major John Pelham holds up the left flank Brig. Gen. Abner Doubleday's 1st Division, I Corps at Fredericksburg. He pulled his light horse artillery to the intersection of the Richmond Stage Road, the road that led to Hamilton's Crossing and fired at the Federal left flank with his two guns - a 12 Pounder Napoleon and a Dahlgren.

I've been following him for a couple of years and can't believe how prolific he is in his artwork.

 

[texaswildcat]

Do yall know the best place a poor college student can get a reasonably cheap Troiani print?

You might want to try Ebay or Amazon.

 

[Folap]

I just recieved a newsletter from FramingFox stating that Don Troiani is retiring at the end of the year. He plans to finish up the series of Revolutionary War prints through December and the he is done. Mort Kunstler is also retiring after March. I wonder what is going to happen to this genre of art now that many of it's leading artists are retiring.

 

[Alaskazimm]

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"Emmitsburg Road" Maj. Gen. Isaac R. Trimble leads his men in the attack on Cemetery Ridge on July 3.

In this painting and several others the soldiers have their blanket rolls on. I've seen this in both Federal and Confederate paintings. But the photos of the fallen combatants I rarely see packs or blanket rolls. Is that because the fallen have already been plundered? or is this simply artistic license on the part of the artist?

 

[ole]

In this painting and several others the soldiers have their blanket rolls on. I've seen this in both Federal and Confederate paintings. But the photos of the fallen combatants I rarely see packs or blanket rolls. Is that because the fallen have already been plundered? or is this simply artistic license on the part of the artist?

Interesting question. I hadn't noticed.

It has been my understanding that such accouterments were left behind. Maybe blanket rolls were too valuable to leave behind?

 

[AUG]

In this painting and several others the soldiers have their blanket rolls on. I've seen this in both Federal and Confederate paintings. But the photos of the fallen combatants I rarely see packs or blanket rolls. Is that because the fallen have already been plundered? or is this simply artistic license on the part of the artist?

Usually Troiani tries to be as authentic as possible with the unit being depicted. Most of the photographs of dead soldiers were taken well after the battle, so it's likely that any blankets, knapsacks, haversacks, etc. were stripped from the dead by the time the photos were taken.

 

[Patrick H]

Here is a pioneer of the Army of the Cumberland:
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Take a good look at this painting. Obviously, the red clay dust on his trousers is impossible to overlook. Now, I'm not trying to be hyper-critical of reenactors in general, but in every picture I have ever seen of a platoon or company of reenactors, they are just way too clean. I only say this because some units are so picky about authenticity (and good for them), but they ought not to look so recently washed when they are in the field. Just my opinion, and I hope I didn't just kick a hornet's nest, but that's still my opinion.

 

[Folap]

I believe that for those confederate soldiers those blanket rolls were all that they had, their possessions would be rolled up inside the blanket and if they had one an tarred ground cloth rolled around that.

I think some of these depictions would be accurate, when a battle is joined other reinforcement units would be marched into battle without time drop their extra gear.