Edwin Austin Forbes Artist

Download or read book Edwin Austin Forbes, Artist written by Walt H. Sirene and published by Walt H. Sirene. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Civil War, Edwin Austin Forbes was a special artist for Frank Leslie's Magazine. His images by themselves tell the story of camp life, and the local scenes experienced by Union soldiers. Edwin Austin Forbes (1839 – March 6, 1895) is an American landscape painter and etcher who first gained fame during the American Civil War for his detailed and dramatic sketches of military subjects, including battlefield combat scenes. Many of his drawings and paintings during 1862 – 1864 were made near Warrenton, the Fauquier County seat, and nearby Rappahannock Station (now Remington) which is along a rail line crossing the Rappahannock River which became occupied by Union forces at the border of Culpeper and Fauquier Counties in Northern Virginia. This selection of of 51 images are assembled from his large output covering the Eastern locations of the war. The focus is on camp life and local scenes.