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London, England. Died. April 6, 1891. (1891-04-06) (aged 62) Marietta, Georgia, US. Alfred Rudolph Waud (Pronounced: / wɔːd /; October 2, 1828 – April 6, 1891) was an American artist and illustrator, born and raised in London, England. He is most notable for the sketches he made as an artist correspondent during the American Civil War.
White House, Washington D.C. The Peacemakers is an 1868 painting by George P.A. Healy. It depicts the historic March 27, 1865, strategy session by the Union high command on the steamer River Queen during the final days of the American Civil War. [1] Although he painted it in at least two versions, the largest was destroyed by fire in 1893, and ...
www.mortkunstler.com. Morton Künstler (born August 28, 1927) [1] is an American artist known for his illustrative paintings of historical events, especially of the American Civil War. He was a child prodigy, who, with encouragement from his parents, became a skilled artist by the time he was twelve. Today he is considered the "best-known and ...
349.3 cm × 776.5 cm (137.4 in × 305.5 in) Location. Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain. Guernica is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. [1][2] It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art critics as the most moving and powerful anti-war painting in history. [3] It is exhibited in the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.
Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C. May 1865. David B. Woodbury [51] (1839–1879) was arguably the best of the artists who stayed with Brady through the war. [52] In March 1862, Mathew Brady sent Woodbury and Edward Whitney out to photograph the 1st Bull Run battlefield, and in May, views of the Peninsula Campaign.
Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 – February 18, 1902) was a German American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. He joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion to paint the scenes. He was not the first artist to record the sites, but he was the foremost painter of them for the remainder of the ...
Depicts a steeplechase race among the Irish Brigade, March 17, 1863, Edwin Forbes. Digitally restored. Edwin Austin Forbes (1839 – March 6, 1895) was an American landscape painter and etcher who first gained fame during the American Civil War for his detailed and dramatic sketches of military subjects, including battlefield combat scenes. [ 1]
William Henry Jackson (April 4, 1843 – June 30, 1942) was an American photographer, Civil War veteran, painter, and an explorer famous for his images of the American West. He was a great-great nephew of Samuel Wilson, the progenitor of America's national symbol Uncle Sam. [1] He was the great-grandfather of cartoonist Bill Griffith, creator ...