"Your favourite Military painting" Topic

Inspired by another thread what is your favourite painting of a military subject?
Mine is this one

Never gamed the Crimea but i love this painting!

rather fond of

this should also be a poll suggestion , get people to mention the artist and the title..
Gericault
His first major work, The Charging Chasseur, exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1812,

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
Napoleon and his staff are retuning from Soissons after the battle of Laon. 1864
The man with the coat around his shoulders is Ney

Horace Vernet
La Bataille du Pont d'Arcole, 1826

This one spurred my imagination as a kid – a black & white image of Henri Motte's Trojan Horse in Herzberg's Classical Myths (I still have the book!). Dean

Also, the Siege of Osaka Castle is interesting for the sheer size and scope (too huge to post as a .jpg)

Not particularly historical, but I've always been fond of this one:

Scotland Forever by Lady Butler

Expecting a Battle by Dale Gallon

Adolf Northern's defence of la Haie-Sainte even though it's out of period for me too.

And I like the Gericault one too, Cardinal, especially because of the Historex model of it in the LF book on toy soldiers that I'm sure alot of us bought or were gifted in the '70s (or '80s?) called A Treasury of Toy Soldiers or something similar.

Andygamer:

I still have that book (had it since I was a kid) – Color Treasury of Model Soldiers (got my copy in '72 or '73). That beautiful Historix rendition of the Gericault painting is by Ray Lamb. Great memories! Dean

Yes, that's the one, Dean. I still have my copy too. And, ugh, it was the '70s so I am indeed old.
:^(

Hawkwood, that does't look like LEE. Maybe it's just me.

John

Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux –
'The Battle of Fontenoy, 1745: The French and the Allies Confronting Each Other'

The painting is the very epitome of 18th century linear warfare.

It's the little details in this painting that I love, like the Gardes Françaises sergeant pushing his men into line with his spontoon:

I've got lots more detail shots from this painting on my blog here: link

Nappy , the Lee picture isn't down to me..

The Siege of Osaka Castle

Zaporozhye's cossaks write a letter to the Sultan-Ilya Repin

Vive l' Empereur-Edouard Detaille

I'm sorry but it's too cruel selecting only one!
Rava

Both nice one's Rava :)

There are so many to choose from,but in the end it has to be the painting that inspired me all those years ago to learn more of the Napoleonic era. Fighting in the streets of Essling by Myrbach, apologies to all, I cant upload a picture at this stage.

what a great post this is..

Nice ones! Love that Meissonier.
The Cossack one is absolutely wonderful, so much character….thanks for sharing, i knew starting this thread would be a good idea just for the chance to see paintings i haven't seen before….
Here is one I really like
Lady Butler- The Roll Call

This was set after the Battle of Inkerman fought on 5th November 1854. My birthday is the 5th Nov so i have always wanted to maybe do this battle!

FM

Fighting in the streets of Essling. 1906
F. de Myrbach

Friedland 1807- Meissonier

dude… awesome

Paolo Niccolò da Tolentino Leads the Florentine Troops
love this by
Uccello since I was a little kid and a relative sent me i postcard with this on it
he done it in the 1450's

Ernest Meissonier
Friedland, 1807,1875

To many to name !

Battle of Grunwald, Majtejko

Towarzysz Pancerny, Brandt

Lenino, Bylina

"Come and see how a Marshal of France dies!"

Courage by Eugene Chaperon

my fav….Battle of the Nile by Luny

Albrecht Altdorfer, The Battle of Alexander at Issus

"Windy Corner" of the Battle of Jutland, by Charles Dixon, R.I.

Battle of the Falklands(1914): Scharnhorst sinks while Gneisenau fights on.

By William Lionel Wyllie

Marengo by Lejeune:

Sorry that's the pyramids – also a great painting.

Marengo:

Me like other have some favorites

Don Troiani

edouard detaille

The second one is Lasalle.

What's the first one?? I see French surrendering and marching from some fort?? I also see an indian so it's obviously in North America ;)

The Capture of Constantinople in 1204
Jacopo Tintoretto (Robusti)

I was always rather fond of First World War art, Wyndham Lewis in particular:

I like this one too:

My favourite is not a painting, but a the series of engravings from Goya "The Disasters of the War". They were an eye opener for me. Before them, I was all about the glory of the military and the "dulce et decorum" idea. Afterwards… well, I am still fascinated by war, but they changed how I understood it, even they way I read military history! For me, that serie of engravings was the most shocking art-experience I ever had!

The Last Stand of the 24th at Isandhlwana (by Fripp?)is pretty good in the way that it tells the story and conveys the hopeless desparation of the survivors in square against the Zulus.

In a similar vein, the Last Stand at Gandamack is very emotional too.

Napoleon Crossing the Alps by David is another great picture that is well known outside our realm of military history and wargaming.

Lots of other good ones have been shown or mentioned above.

Wow, great topic but depending on my mood and current "ooo shiney" phase the choice would vary. Based on what's currently hanging in my home (let's see if I can get the hang of this posting pictures bit):

Charge of the French Cuirassiers at Waterloo

Napoleon Crossing the Alps by David

Spitfire Out of the Clouds by Barrie A. F. Clark

The Defense of Rorke's Drift by Alphonse de Neuville

I have a print of the painting of Simone Martini which hangs above my desk. My wife had it professionally framed for me and I never tire of looking at it. The original is in the town hall in Sienna and it was amazing to see it when we were on holiday a few years ago.

The fall of Nelson by Denis Dighton:

Admiral Tegethoff at the battle of Lissa by Anton Romako:

link

Don Troiani's "The Men Must See Us Today" – the 124th New York in Devil's Den, July 2, 1863. One of the best examples of leadership in any war.

Probably one of the worst military illustration, but the painter is someone really close to me ;P

"Musket salvo" by Gonzo Brios

Cheers!

In Single Combat by Mark Churms (The Bruce cleaving Humphrey DeBohun

"Clear the Way!" by Don Troiani