Mort Kunstler casts his lasso wide over sod busters and saddle tramps in this colorful collection of cowboy art, depicting the everyday life of both trail hands and Dog Soldiers. Full color.
Interact with the story of America’s frontier through the detailed paintings of America’s foremost historical artist, Mort Künstler Künstler’s paintings bring history to life with striking portrayals of the events of America’s Wild West, starting in 1804, when Lewis and Clark made their first expeditions, to 1890, when the American frontier was declared “vanished.” The epic artworks faithfully capture the incredible landscapes, explorations, and battles of this important period, and ask children to look again and again for special details, such as the feathers in an American Indian chief’s headdress to the type of horse a cattleman rides. Together with text by award-winning historian James I. Robertson, Jr., these brilliantly explicit paintings engage a young reader’s attention and introduce him or her to American history through the visual arts. Lauded by both historians and curators, Künstler presents beautifully rendered works chronicling America’s expansion to the West in a historically accurate and appealing way—transporting the reader right into each scene.
An unequaled selection of illustrator Mort Künstler's finest work from the men's adventure magazine (MAM) era, collected in a bold, colorful collection. Available in both softcover and expanded, deluxe hardcover editions.
"Gettysburg is a powerful work that accurately depicts the events, battles and personal struggles of valor on both sides of the Civil War" -- Container.
In 2011, acclaimed artist Mort Künstler ignited a media firestorm with his painting Washington's Crossing, which many believe is more historically accurate than Emanuel Leutze's iconic Washington Crossing the Delaware. Spurred by the debate, this beautiful volume presents Künstler's vision of America's birth, along with text by premier Washington scholar Edward G. Lengel, contemporary quotes, and a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Hackett Fischer.
Robertson focuses on the strategic collaboration between Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson in the battles leading up to July 1863: Second Bull Run (or Manassas), Antietam, Fredricksburg, and Chancellorsville. This story, based on the bestselling novel by Jeff Shaara ("Gods and Generals"), contains dramatic text and pictures that bring to life this crucial time. 65 paintings.
Expanded edition covering the Adventure Magazine genre of Cold-War masculinity including new material wartime xenophobic American magazine articles and advertisements.
Collected in this volume, for the first time in Kunstler's career, are more than 175 of his major paintings, chronicling the Civil War, in addition to numerous portraits, sketches, and studies.
For nearly 30 years, Mort Knstler has focused his considerable talent on interpreting the Civil War. More than 160 of these images are the basis for the four volumes in this series.