Don Troiani Artwork

[Kurt G]

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I will check Hobby lobby and see if they have it. Thanks again. I don't think they do but if you want brick and mortar stores Home Depot and Lowes carry it. Check their stock online before you go though. Maybe even your local hardware store might have it too. :wink:

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Miniatures Don Troiani I think.

Troiani worked with Conte to produce a licensed series of Civil War miniatures.

 

[infomanpa]

I just came home from seeing his Rev War paintings at a special exhibit in Philadelphia.

 

[sjlempitski]

Sadly he longer does the Civil War. I had emailed asking about potentially doing Lattimers battery on Benners hill and he replied he no longer does the civil war.

 

[General Casey]

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My personal favorite is" Clear The Way." This is the charge of the Irish Brigade against the stonewall at Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg in Dec. 1862. Of the 4 regiments: 63rd, 69th, & 88th NY, and 28th Mass, the only unit to carry the green Irish flag that day was the 28th. The other regiments green flags were in the process of being replaced because they had all been shot up so badly prior to this. In lieu of their banners, the men cut green sprigs of boxwood and stuck them to the visors of their caps. This was the first battle of the 28th with the Irish Brigade. Prior to this they had been assigned to the 9th corps, but after Antietam they were switched with the 29th Mass, which was a regiment of good ole puritan stock. The 28th's green flag was therefore brand new at this battle. It was recorded that the Irish were the ones to get the closest to the stone wall before being shot to ribbons. BTW, I think it would make a good Phd. thesis to research how the original 29th Mass got along with the rest of the Brigade while they were assigned to it.

Not very well from things I've read. What's very strange is the 28th and 29th were formed at the same time and both were supposed to be Irish regiments. However, an issue arose when both regiments fell short in their recruiting goals (mainly because Irishmen had flocked to regiments formed during the summer, such as the 15th Massachusetts and 19th Massachusetts) and as such, the Irishmen in the 29th moved to the 28th and the 29th was filled with good old Puritan stock.

Governor Andrew had promised Meagher a regiment for the Irish Brigade and Ben Butler a regiment for his force operating along the coast of North Carolina. However, the 28th was mustered in first and as such, ordered to Butler (who had political pull) and the 29th sent to the Irish Brigade.

 

[General Casey]

I just came home from seeing his Rev War paintings at a special exhibit in Philadelphia.

How was that? I'm heading to Philadelphia in June and hope to catch that

 

[General Casey]

Sadly he longer does the Civil War. I had emailed asking about potentially doing Lattimers battery on Benners hill and he replied he no longer does the civil war.

Seems odd. You'd think the Civil War topics would bring in more money for him. I know he's getting up there in age (I think he's in his early to mid 70s) so maybe he wants to slow down and enjoy life for a bit or do you think it's because of the political climate?

 

[Cavalier]

@General Casey In talking to some print dealers in Gettysburg several months ago they told me the market for Civil War prints has pretty much dried up. American Indian subjects are the big sellers now it seems.

I'm certainly no expert on this subject however, just repeating what I was told by two dealers.

John

 

[James N.]

Seems odd. You'd think the Civil War topics would bring in more money for him. I know he's getting up there in age (I think he's in his early to mid 70s) so maybe he wants to slow down and enjoy life for a bit or do you think it's because of the political climate?

@General Casey In talking to some print dealers in Gettysburg several months ago they told me the market for Civil War prints has pretty much dried up. American Indian subjects are the big sellers now it seems.

I'm certainly no expert on this subject however, just repeating what I was told by two dealers.

John

That's borne out by what I saw in Gettysburg last fall, though there are still plenty of older prints available. There were quite a few much more recent prints featuring French & Indian War and Native American subjects. As for Troiani, I imagine he's quite burned out by Civil War subjects having specialized in them for such a large part of his career.

 

[General Casey]

That's borne out by what I saw in Gettysburg last fall, though there are still plenty of older prints available. There were quite a few much more recent prints featuring French & Indian War and Native American subjects. As for Troiani, I imagine he's quite burned out by Civil War subjects having specialized in them for such a large part of his career.

Yes, I think that's probably true considering his age. I know he does a lot of Rev War stuff, but that stuff is probably a lot less time consuming. I remember reading an interview with him and he was saying that he would literally finish a Civil War painting and get 2 or 3 commissions for paintings from the NPS or a museum and have to jump right in to research those ones. I'm sure with the Rev War he has more time in between paintings

 

[infomanpa]

How was that? I'm heading to Philadelphia in June and hope to catch that

I really enjoyed seeing the large paintings with the attention to detail that Troiani is know for.

 

[sjlempitski]

I had enquired about Lattimers battalion on Benners hill because in his Gettysburg works he had done both union and confederate infantry, cavalry and union artillery at Trostle farm, nothing of the confederate artillery in the battle.

 

[neyankee61]

Don has a new book out with paintings of the Battle of Saratoga.

 

[JulieWeathers]

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The Red Devils

ON JUNE 27, 1862, as the Fifth Corps attempted to cover McClellan's change of base to the James River, Warren's troops launched a furious counterattack against the oncoming ranks of Gregg's South Carolina brigade. Riding up to Lt. Col. Duryea, Warren shouted, "Advance the colors! Advance the colors! Charge!" and with their flags in the vanguard, the cheering Zouaves swept over the field with leveled bayonets. One Carolinian called the Zouave onslaught "the most desperate charge I ever witnessed," and the Rebel attack recoiled. But more Southern troops joined the fray, and the fighting ebbed and flowed across the corpse-strewn plateau. "The noise was terrific," Sgt. Thomas Southwick recalled, "but loud above all was the exultant, fiendlike yell of the Confederate soldiers." Soaked with sweat and stained with gunpowder, the Zouaves maintained their formation amidst the collapsing Union line. At one point Lt. Col. Duryea had his men halt under fire and count off, so that every soldier was in his proper place. The battle of Gaines' Mill made it clear to friend and foe alike that the Duryee Zouaves were more than a colorful ornament on the parade ground. Of 450 men who entered the fight, 162 had fallen. "I consider it an honor to belong to this regiment," Lt. Charles Montgomery wrote; "The Regular officers cannot speak too highly of us." One Southern soldier told a captive Zouave, "they never had seen the superiors of the red legs for unflinching courage and coolness." It was a reputation proudly maintained through the following days of hardship that brought McClellan's Army to its new base of operations at Harrison's Landing.
http://www.zouave.org/index.html

Thank you for posting this. I have the Zouaves in a couple of places in my book and they have kind of taken my heart. I may have to order this print.

 

[JulieWeathers]

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Lone Star
The 1st Texas Infantry of Hood's Texas Brigade charges into Miller's Cornfield at Antietam, mad as hell, having been interrupted while eating their first breakfast in days to be sent into battle. They first slammed into the Iron Brigade, driving them through the cornfield. They kept going until they reached the northern edge of the field, where Anderson's brigade of Meade's division was posted. There the 1st Texas was caught in a cross fire from several Pennsylvania regiments to their front and Campbell's Battery to their left. Though they fought like hell, 186 of their 226 men engaged were killed or wounded; the entire color guard was also shot down and both of their colors lost in the cornfield. The 1st Texas's loss of 82.3% was reportedly the highest casualty rate suffered by any Confederate regiment in the war.

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

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Patrick Cleburne
At the Battle of Franklin, Nov. 30, 1864, Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne leads his Division in the assault upon the earthworks built around Franklin, TN, by the Army of the 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 while cheering his men forward on foot, after having two horses shot out from under him during the charge.

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The First Minnesota
On July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg, Brig. Gen. Camdus Wilcox's Brigade had broken through Sickles' position on Cemetery Ridge. With a failed attempt at rallying Sickles' men, Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock had ordered the 1st Minnesota, held in reserve nearby, to counterattack and fill the gap in the Union line until reinforcements could arrive. They attacked a force three 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.

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Major John Pelham, with his light horse artillery consisting of two guns - a 12-pounder Napoleon and a Blakely - holds up the left flank of Brig. Gen. Abner Doubleday's 1st Division, I Corps at Fredericksburg.

Ah, Cleburne.

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This is one of my favorites by Troiani. It's not based on any particular battle or regiment like most of his others, but depicts cavalry fighting dismounted against infantry. It appears to be a last stand situation, maybe a rear guard action.

Ah, Cleburne. One of my favorite CW generals. Pelham is in my story. Such a brilliant young man. Such a loss.

 

[The Dude]

Here's one I've never seen before

 

[The Dude]

I just came home from seeing his Rev War paintings at a special exhibit in Philadelphia.

So did you like it? Several of the small uniform studies in the exhibition are mine, I still have not been able to get there yet planning to though

 

[Lampasas Bill]

I remember back in the 1970s he did a series of watercolors of Revolutionary War battles that appeared in American Heritage magazine during the bicentennial years. At that time they were some of the finest modern paintings of battle scenes that I'd seen. I'd love to see his Philadelphia exhibit.

 

[infomanpa]

So did you like it? Several of the small uniform studies in the exhibition are mine, I still have not been able to get there yet planning to though

Absolutely! Thanks for your contribution.

 

[potter.]

my interest in his civil war paintings began way back in the late 1950's, our school library had a subscription to National Geographic and one off his paintings was shown each month, the detail fascinated me, still does...

 

[neyankee61]

I cut out those paintings when they appeared in the Am. Heritage mag. Then created a bulletin board for my 8th grade class with them. I met Don and told him what I did and he said those were from his cartoon period!