Probably born in the South, Allen Redwood became one of the few sketch artists of the Civil War who actually fought in military battles, and his documentation was of noted historical value to the... Read full biography
Probably born in the South, Allen Redwood became one of the few sketch artists of the Civil War who actually fought in military battles, and his documentation was of noted historical value to the Southern side of the War. He was in the 55th Regiment of the Army of Northern Virginia, and wrote about... Read full biography
Probably born in the South, Allen Redwood became one of the few sketch artists of the Civil War who actually fought in military battles, and his documentation was of noted historical value to the Southern side of the War. He was in the 55th Regiment of the Army of Northern Virginia, and wrote about and sketched Civil War scenes. He was captured at the Second Battle of Bull Run and was later exchanged and made a Major in rank. In 1882, he traveled West through Idaho to Washington state. By the... Read full biography
Probably born in the South, Allen Redwood became one of the few sketch artists of the Civil War who actually fought in military battles, and his documentation was of noted historical value to the Southern side of the War. He was in the 55th Regiment of the Army of Northern Virginia, and wrote about and sketched Civil War scenes. He was captured at the Second Battle of Bull Run and was later exchanged and made a Major in rank. In 1882, he traveled West through Idaho to Washington state. By the 1890s, he was a western illustrator for Harper's, Century and other magazines, and traveled widely in the West. In 1898, Harper's magazine personnel sent him to Cuba to cover the Spanish American War. Source:. Walt Reed, The Illustrator in America,... Read full biography
Probably born in the South, Allen Redwood became one of the few sketch artists of the Civil War who actually fought in military battles, and his documentation was of noted historical value to the Southern side of the War. He was in the 55th Regiment of the Army of Northern Virginia, and wrote about and sketched Civil War scenes. He was captured at the Second Battle of Bull Run and was later exchanged and made a Major in rank. In 1882, he traveled West through Idaho to Washington state. By the 1890s, he was a western illustrator for Harper's, Century and other magazines, and traveled widely in the West. In 1898, Harper's magazine personnel sent him to Cuba to cover the Spanish American War. Source:. Walt Reed, The Illustrator in America, 1860-1940... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (21)
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Soldier Art Highlights from the Museum of the Confederacy's Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2006
Coski, John M. and Ruth Ann Coski
8 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Old Virginia: The Pursuit of a Pastoral Ideal
2003
Rasmussen, William M.S.; Robert S. Tilton
252 pages (color)
The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators
2001
Reed, Walt
452 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Confederate Soldier Artists, Painting The South's War
1998
Stevenson, Lauralee Trent
142 pages (color)
Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory The Civil War in Art
1993
Holzer, Harold/Mark E Neely Jr
336 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
The Lure of the West The Carl S Dentzel Collection of W American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Sweeney, J Gray/J Ballinger
40 pages (color)
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration
1984
Reed, Walt and Roger
355 pages (color)
Artists in Virginia Before 1900: An Annotated Checklist
1983
Wright, R Lewis
200 pages
Treasury of American Pen-and-Ink Illustration 1881 to 1938
1982
Johnson, Fridolf
149 pages
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
The West Remembered (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Baird, Joseph Armstrong
88 pages (color)
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Naylor, Maria
1,075 pages
The Civil War A Centenial Exhibition of Eyewitness Drawings (Exhibition catalog)
1961
National Gallery of Art
153 pages
Artists and Illustrators- Old West 1850-1900
1953
Taft, Robert
400 pages
Two Hundred and Fifty Years (of) Painting in Maryland (Exhibition catalog)