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Edwin Austin Forbes (1839 – March 6, 1895) was an American landscape painter and etcher who first gained fame during the
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Edwin Austin Forbes (1839 – March 6, 1895) was an American landscape painter and etcher who first gained fame during the American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...
for his detailed and dramatic sketches of military subjects, including battlefield combat scenes.
Biography
Forbes was born in New York, studied underArthur Fitzwilliam Tait
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (February 5, 1819April 28, 1905) was a British-American artist who is known mostly for his paintings of wildlife. During most of his career, he was associated with the New York City art scene.
Life and career
Tait was b ...
, and began as an animal and landscape painter. During the Civil War, he was special artist for '' Frank Leslie's Magazine''. Many of the spirited etching
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s he drew during the conflict were later presented by General Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman ( ; February 8, 1820February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), achieving recognition for his com ...
to the government. They are now preserved in the War Office
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at Washington
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because of their historic value.
After the war, Forbes painted landscape and cattle scenes, among which are "Orange County Pasture" (1879) and "Evening—Sheep Pasture" (1881). In 1877 he was made an honorary member of the London Etching Club.
He died in 1895 in Brooklyn
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and is interred in Green-Wood Cemetery
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.
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Life Studies of the Great Army, a digital collection of The University of Alabama Libraries Division of Special Collections
19th-century American painters American male painters American printmakers People of New York (state) in the American Civil War American etchers American war artists Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery 1839 births 1895 deaths Painters from New York City 19th-century war artists 19th-century American male artists {{AmericanCivilWar-bio-stub