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Tom Lovell
Born in 1909, Tom Lovell was the first artist to win the National Academy of Western Arts highest honor, the Prix de West, twice. He was elected to the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1974 and eventually named a Hall of Fame Laureate. In 1992, he was honored by both the National Academy of Western Art and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame with a Lifetime Achievement Award and a prestigious one-man retrospective show. Known as a traditional painter of art, prints and posters depicting Western history, Tom Lovell was born in New York City. I enjoy recreating the past, he once said. As a boy, books of adventure in far off times and places were real. At seventeen, I shipped as a deckhand on the Leviathan and various other jobs followed. Enrollment in the College of Fine Arts at Syracuse University was the next step. At this time the newsstands were filled with pulp magazines and I produced a cover in oils and eight or ten dry brush illustrations a month during my senior year. The message on the covers had to out scream a hundred others. After graduation I continued to free lance for the pulps for six years before tackling the slicks. In 1944, I enlisted in the Marine Corps and was assigned to an easel. Illustration continued to flourish after the war. Tom Lovell passed away in 1997. |
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Norse Marauders Wreak Mayhem by Tom Lovell. At Clonmacnoise, most celebrated of Irish monasteries. Scorning the cross, Pagans hack holy men to death, defile sanctuaries, rob golden objects that made churches the treasures of medieval Europe. Swift assault lets few reach haven in the round tower, its entry accessible only by ladder. |
Eastward the Empire by Tom Lovell. The Hellespont behind him, 22 year old Alexander splashes ashore onto Asian soil. In a prelude to conquest he makes a pilgrimage to Troy to pay homage at the tomb of Achilles, Greek hero of the Trojan War. Exchanging some of his armour for a sacred shield from the temple of Athena, he carried it throughout his campaigns. |
Berdan's Sharpshooters by Tom Lovell. One secondary market prints available, numbered 211 / 1500. |
The Last Great Battle by Tom Lovell. Alexanders infantry and cavalry overwhelm the Indian army of King Porus at the Jhelum River. Maddened by the disaster the kings elephants kept colliding with friends and foes alike, according to Arrian. Soon after the victory, Alexanders men, weary and homesick, demanded that he turn back. |
Battle of Hastings by Tom Lovell. Stand Fast! Stand Fast! shouts Bishop Odo,.. Fear nothing, for if God please, we shall conquer yet. So they took courage, - wrote 12th century chronicler Master Wace. - He...sat on a white horse, so that all might recognize him. In his hand he held a mace, and wherever he saw most need he...Stationed the knights, and often urged them on to assault...the enemy. |
Battle of The Crater by Tom Lovell. One secondary market print available, numbered 423 / 1500. |
Union Fleet Passing Vicksburg by Tom Lovell. One secondary market print available, numbered 50 / 1500. |
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