CW Art

[Rich Mason]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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 Schmidt]

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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]

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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]

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Troiani and Rocco...and Edwin Forbes.

[vbetts]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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

s/f

DJM

[CJSchumacher]

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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]

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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]

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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.