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This is a list by date of birth of historically recognized American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking.
On May 25, 1861, Wilson was appointed colonel of the 6th New York Volunteer Infantry, [2] known as Billy Wilson's Zouaves. On May 11, 1861, he was featured on the cover of the Harper's Weekly illustrated by Winslow Homer after Mathew Brady's photograph. [4] Wilson served in Florida and Louisiana in 1862 and early 1863.
Smith's paintings and sketches were used to illustrate a large number of Civil War histories, including the 1926 biography he wrote of his former commanding officer, Admiral Samuel Francis du Pont. [7] Examples of his work are at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and the U.S. Naval Historical Center in Washington, D.C.
The 11th New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Union Army in the early years of the American Civil War.The regiment was organized in New York City in May 1861 as a Zouave regiment, known for its unusual dress and drill style, by Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, a personal friend of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. [3]
An oil painting showing the Chicago Zouaves in Utica, New York during their 1860 national tour The trio section of the "Zouave Cadets Quickstep", performed on piano On July 4, 1859, the United States Zouave Cadets – now 46 members strong – first publicly appeared in their new Zouave uniforms and executed the unique Franco-Algerian Zouave ...
The Brierwood Pipe is an oil painting of 1864 by the American artist Winslow Homer.It depicts two men from the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry (Duryee Zouaves).. The title may refer to a popular poem of the day about the 5th New York Zouaves, titled "The Brier-Wood Pipe". [1] "
Her father Anatole Avegno served as a major in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War; he died in 1862 in the Battle of Shiloh. [2] He was the commander of the Avegno Zouaves of New Orleans, a cosmopolitan battalion which had soldiers from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds including French, Spanish, Mexican, Irish, Italian ...
Henry Mosler in 1860. After studying drawing by himself, Mosler became a draughtsman for a comic paper, the Omnibus (Cincinnati), in 1855. From 1859 to 1861 he studied under James Henry Beard, and in 1862–63, during the American Civil War, served as an art correspondent of Harper's Weekly. [3]