"Favorite Military Art Piece" Topic

DW,

I have a large print of "Scotland Forever" courtesy of Whyte & MacKay Distillers. My wife, with the help of a neighbor who spoke German, had it framed while we were in Augsburg in late 1970s. It survived a number of military moves including one where the frame was cracked but the thick German window glass held up. I have it proudly hanging in my living room.

Jim

P.S. Date and time posted is incorrect. Actually should be 09:36 am PST on 07 Feb.

I'm going to limit -- admittedly artificially -- "Art Piece" to work that is almost entirely concerned with image, and not with words or music.

Thus, I am excluding entirely written works like novels and short stories, works that blend image and word, like movies and plays, entirely musical works like symphonies and concertos, works that blend music and words like songs, and works that blend music, images, and sometimes words, like operas and music videos.

That mostly leaves painting, sculpture, photography, and video without integral text or music.

Painting:

Guernica, Pablo Picasso (1937)

Sculpture:

The Burghers of Calais, Auguste Rodin (modeled 1884-89; cast at various times)

Photography:
I have to think about this category. War photos are often so powerful that they are hard to look at, but I have nevertheless looked at too many.

Video:
The only videos I can think of are aircraft gun videos

There are lots, but this one I remember.

Napoleon Crossing the St Bernard Pass

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Five "generations" of Diggers.

Simpson and his donkey.

PS How did this end up in the middle of the thread, not the end?

The "Thousand Yard Stare" by an American WW II artist.

When in my teens I often visited the Mappin Gallery to look at this

PS How did this end up in the middle of the thread, not the end?

That is a great question -- equally applicable to this post!

+1 DW on Washington Crossing the Delaware.

Col. Campbell, I have that exact same Scots Greys at Waterloo by Lady Butler print in my collection!! Haven't had it displayed in a few years (house moves) but its time will come again!

Other than that, some of my favorite art displayed in my gaming area are this Thermopylae painting by Louis Glanzman:

Culloden by David Morier:

Penthesilea by Christos Achilleos:

PS: My post also appeared in the middle of the discussion and not at the end. Bizarre. Plus I'm getting a "timed out" locked error message when I try to post this edit.

I'll go with a top three:
"Regulars, by God!"
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"Scotland Forever!"
And--seen once in Schloss Hohenzollern and never forgotten--a Knotel painting; "Der König rief, und alle, alle kamen."

I can find the title--on coins, on propaganda for Kaiser Wilhelm II--but I can't find the painting anywhere. Well, I saw it once. Sometimes that what you get.

Robert, do you mean this one:

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Thanks, Dal, but no. This one said "Koenig" and meant it: everyone was wearing a uniform out of the Befreiungskriege.

Messonier's Friedland – Definitely worth seeing at the Met in NYC – The detail is incredible.

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Painting: George Washington Crosses the Delaware

Sculpture: Raising the Flag at Iwo Jima

Photo: The VJ Day kiss in Times Square

Other: The Bayeux Tapestry

For me it's Lejeune's Battle of Marengo – still trying to find out who the guy front and centre is meant to be (Marmont?).

I have quite a few prints from the recently deceased Mort Kunstler hanging down in the painting and game room areas. I'm honestly not sure, if I have a piece of art that is my favorite, but I am constantly looking at and drawn to the simple painting of his of Jackson and Little Sorrel "Let us cross over the river and rest in the shade of the trees."

Napoleon crossing the Alps

The Menin Road by Paul Nash

Mine would be The Night Watch by Rembrandt.

Art as always can be very different and evoke different emptions

What are your favorite Military Paintings?

Mine are:

Looking at the Glory or Inspiration

Top 2
Scotland Forever by Elizabeth Thompson
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and Washington Crossing the Delaware
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Looking at the price of war – 2 come to mind

My Favorite is "Bringing Cleburne In" Mort Kunstler
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The Second by John Trumbull – The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill
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2000 Yard Stare by Tom Lea

Gettysburg Cyclorama by Paul Philippoteaux

Gassed by John Singer Sargent.

The Night attack at Târgoviște by Theodor Aman

This pictures tells a story!

Several by Detaille.

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"The First Battle Squadron Leaving the Forth for the Battle of Jutland"

by William Lionel Wyllie, 1917.

Tough to pick just one.

Battle of Narva 1700

"Clear the Way" the 28th Massachusetts (Irish Brigade) at Fredericksburg by Don Troiani's.

Subject: For St. Patrick's Day… – Don Troiani Historical Artist


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BillyNM, I found this interpretation:

"Lejeune (the artist) is the man on a brown horse just to the right of center, in front of the cannon, holding out his left arm.

Napoleon himself is leading the column of horsemen entering the frame from the left, wearing a gray coat, looking backwards but pointing forwards.

General Desaix is the officer being shot off his horse in the left background in front of the line of French infantry. Napoleon, who was close friends with Desaix, is reported to have said upon hearing of his death, "Why am I not allowed to weep?"

In the bottom left corner is a gruesome scene from the battle: one of Napoleon's aide-de-camps was riding across the battlefield carrying messages when he was flagged down by a wounded French officer. The officer was dying, and asked the ADC to put him out of his misery. The ADC was unable to kill the man himself, but lent him one of his pistols so that he could end his own life.

In front of the mass of Austrian infantry in the center of the frame is a small knot of cavalry. The man on the white horse in the white uniform in the center of the melee is Austrian General Zach, who was captured here. Zach had been put in command of the Austrian army after the original commander, General Melas, left the battlefield to send out word of a victory after the French had been driven from the battlefield around 5pm. When French reinforcements arrived at 7pm, they counterattacked and routed the complacent Austrians."

David

Alas, it doesn't say who the soldier is in the colpack, front and centre with the sabre in his right hand extended.

Washington at Valley Forge

The Kirkland Memorial at Fredericksburg
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Some nice art – any others?

Too many to count. Just look at the work of Keith Rocco. I have his books in my store on the American Civil War and Napoleonic Wars. Plus the Gettysburg Artifact book.

Sikander Sahib's Yellow Boys by Mark Churms.

"The colour and pageantry of the Raj is exemplified by a full-dress review in honour of the Viceroys visit to Lucknow in 1899. The famous regiment of Bengal Lancers known as Skinners Horse, or Sikander Sahibs Yellow Boys receive the salutes from British Army staff officers. Also present are the 3rd Hussars."

The Duke of Wellington at Waterloo Painting by Robert Alexander Hillingford.

You mean this one?

Couldn't do the yellow boys, as its a for sale piece!