The Civil War Paintings of Mort Künstler Volume 1 - Künstler, Mort
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For nearly thirty years, Mort Kunstler has focused his considerable artistic talent on interpreting the Civil War. In crafting his work to reflect poignant moments or critical circumstances of the conflict, he has turned to leading historians and scholars for informative details that he has then translated on canvas to create an indelible image of this defining ordeal in America's history. More than 160 of these images?supplemented by preliminary sketches, early studies, and photographs of works in progress?are the basis for this book. Kunstler has also explored the human side of this national…mehr

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For nearly thirty years, Mort Kunstler has focused his considerable artistic talent on interpreting the Civil War. In crafting his work to reflect poignant moments or critical circumstances of the conflict, he has turned to leading historians and scholars for informative details that he has then translated on canvas to create an indelible image of this defining ordeal in America's history. More than 160 of these images?supplemented by preliminary sketches, early studies, and photographs of works in progress?are the basis for this book. Kunstler has also explored the human side of this national struggle. Thus he has produced thoughtful studies of leaders at decisive moments, instances of daily camp life for the soldiers, and those early romantic notions that it would be a bloodless war, predicated on the belief that a show of inner strength would prevail. In the past twenty years, Kunstler's portfolio has been published in twelve books, including companion pieces for the epic films ?Ge
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Mort Künstler is the reigning dean of American historical artists. Enthralled with the Civil War, he has presented the story of the conflict in vivid images, many of which have been featured in one-man shows at the prestigious Hammer Galleries in New York City and at museums around the country. More than a dozen books of his paintings have been published, including Images of the Civil War, Gettysburg, Jackson and Lee, Gods and Generals, The Confederate Spirit, and The Civil War Art of Mort Künstler. He lives in Oyster Bay, New York.