The Civil War tore the nation apart and in the process reshaped the contours of American life. Artists reacted to the war in myriad ways. The Civil War tore the nation apart and in the process ...

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The Huntington has acquired a rare Civil War-era painting by American master Winslow Homer. “The Sutler’s Tent” was made in 1863 when Homer was traveling with the Union Army as an illustrator for ...

Howard Pyle’s "The Battle of Nashville" captures the harrowing advance of Minnesota soldiers through smoke and mud in a pivotal Civil War clash.

His years illustrating pulp novels honed his sense of pictorial drama, and his meticulous research ensured historical accuracy, notably in his Civil War paintings. By Corey Kilgannon Mort Künstler, ...

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections ...

Introduction : History painting: how it works / Patrick M. Burnham and Lucretia Hoover Giese -- I. Historicity : The Hoop of history: Native American murals and the historical present / Francis V.

When Tyler Alexander, who teaches at Champlain Valley Union High School, chanced upon an image of the 1872 painting by Julian Scott, it appeared that no one in the state even knew it existed. Vermont ...

Brooklynites are mourning Mort Künstler, a borough-born artist who became known for his paintings of American historic events, especially the Old West and the Civil War. Künstler, who died on Feb. 2 ...