"Favorite military artist?" Topic

I cannot identify one over all of the others. Among my favorites from the past are Edouard Detaille, Howard Pyle, Winslow Homer, Ernest Meissonier, Carl Rochling and Alphonse de Neuville. Favorite contemporary artists include Rick Reeves, Keith Rocco and Don Troiani.

How about the rest of you?

Bill Mauldin

Are cartoons art?

Well I think so and will put Bruce Bairensfather down as my favourite.

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Edit: add his Communications Trench
link

Historical artists … Paolo Uccello has to be right up there …

(Paolo Uccello … the Battle of San Romano … painted around 1438-40)

Of today's historical illustrators, Matthew Ryan has done some splendid work for us at Northampton Battlefields Society and has an expanding catalogue

(Matthew Ryan … Yorkist Guns at Northampton … painted 2015)

Phil

Angus McBride.

Detaille, Troiani and McBride are my favourite three

JA Cooper.

Troiani also.

1. Rick Reeves

2. Mark Churms

3. Don Troiani

4. Mort Kunstler

5. Don Stivers

6. Keith Rocco

I like Graham Turner's work for Osprey. Not sure how prolific he was, but I've always found G.D. Giles's paintings of the Sudan campaign very atmospheric.

I like Troiani and McBride. Mal Wright does some great work with naval art.

Hard to pick a winner! Some unmentioned favourites: Lady Butler (Elizabeth Thompson), W.B. Wollen, Georges Scott, Ottenfeld.

Highly influential: Charles Hamilton Smith, Knötel, Morier, C.C.P. Lawson, A.Menzel, Tranquillo Mollo. I'm personally quite fond of Gudenus' caricatures.

I think Bill Younghusband is the most under appreciated Osprey illustrator. Edit: Mike Chappell too!

Angus McBride and Roiani

R. Caton Woodville--his occasional errors notwithstanding--for me!

Among others I like Andy Thomas link . He's not as well known as others, but his paintings of the Civil War in the West and the Trans-Mississippi are very well done.

That would be me.

+1 for Bill Mauldin

Roy Cross who did a lot of the Airfix box art.

Knotel,McBride, Rava, Troiani, but above all Vasily Vereshchagin

How about Irish artist David Pentland

Angus McBride.
Mal Wright.

Nicholas Pocock. He was a former mariner by profession before taking up painting professionally and his naval war scenes are peerless…so much so he became the official artist for many sea battles and even travelled with the Royal Navy to witness them first hand.

Lady Butler. Her paintings of the Napoleonic Wars are particularly impressive.

Great discussion and contributions !

I am currently working on a presentation on precisely this topic so what would really help is if people could add some links or particular examples. I'm familiar with most of the artists mentioned (in truth, though, not all of them) but which works particularly appeal would really help my research …

Cheers …

Phil

A sampling of Willie and Joe by Mauldin:
awon.org/willie/willie2.html

The super classic:

The Pulitzer prize-winner:

Time Magazine, June 18, 1945:

Another vote for Don Troiani and Angus McBride

I third that jgibbons.

Winslow Homer

Thanks miniMo … good stuff … love the Time magazine cover …

Phil

De Neuville and Detaille. Troiani a close third.

Tom Lovell

Paul Nash.

Just stunning.

although I am very fond of Jaques David's Napoleon

Yes!
Troiani! With Rocco! Very nice!
Others are great as well. :-)

A few words for Thomas Nast. Although not really a "military artist", his work during the ACW is iconic. I happen to have two of his efforts displayed in my home, both original pages from Harper's.

Happily, my "Vicksburg" is in much better condition!