Don Troiani

Don Troiani (born 1949) is an American painter whose work focuses on his native country's military heritage, mostly from the American Revolution, War of 1812 and American Civil War. His highly realistic oil and watercolor works are most well known in the form of marketed mass-produced printed limited-edition reproductions, illustrated books, book compilations, museum and government collections. He is also a militaria collector.

Biography

Troiani was born in New York City and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and New York City's Art Students League between 1967 and 1971.

Artistic style and historical accuracy of paintings

Don Troiani's paintings are realistic and academic in style, mostly oil on canvas or Gouache on paper. He uses posed models with clothing and equipment from his collection of original uniforms, equipage, insignia and weapons. Troiani also studies battlefields, weather conditions, and structures depicted in his paintings firsthand. In 1995, he designed the three Civil War battlefield commemorative coins for the United States Mint. His work has also appeared on a U.S. postal card commemorating the anniversary of the U.S. National Guard. Troiani is also a recipient of the Meritorious Service Award of the United States National Guard.

Troiani's artwork has appeared on various media including, NBC/Universal, CPTV, CNN, America Online, The O'Reilly Factor, the A&E, Military and Discovery channels, U.S. Department of State, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, US News and World Reports, The Washington Times, National Geographic, USA Today, American Heritage, American Rifleman,American Indian Magazine, Civil War Times, The Arizona Republic, America's Civil War, The Hartford Courant, Southwest Art, Southern Accents, The Boston Globe, Connecticut Magazine, Smithsonian, Antiques and Arts Weekly, Litchfield County Times, Coin World, Waterbury Republican American, Civil War News, Danbury News Times, VFW Magazine, The Courier News, Barnes and Noble Books, Sterling Publishing, The Gettysburg Times, America's Civil War, The Bridgeport Post, Military History, Man at Arms, Numismatist, The Quarterly Journal of Military History, Pallasch Magazine (Austria), P.M. Magazine (Germany), Publicat (Poland), International Churchill Society, Militerhistorie (Norway), Confederate Veteran, Art Business News, North and South Magazine, Civil War Preservation Trust, The Times Picayune, Warner Brothers Productions, both publications of the Daughters/Sons of the American Revolution , Antiques Roadshow FYI Magazine, and Scholastic Inc.

Historical periods of paintings

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  17th Century Colonial America

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  American Revolutionary War

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  War of 1812

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  American Civil War

Militaria collector and appraiser

Troiani has an extensive collection of Civil War, War of 1812, Revolutionary War, and World War II uniforms, equipage, insignia and weapons. He also consults and appraises for museums and collectors on the subject of military artifacts. Items from his militaria collection have appeared in the Time-Life "Echoes Of Glory" series on the Civil War. Other artifacts of his have been loaned for exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution, Delaware Historical Society, Connecticut Museum of History, Pamplin Park, The West Point Museum, Virginia Historical Society, and the National Park Service Visitors Center in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Historical consultant

Troiani has been a consultant on Civil War uniforms and equipage for the feature film, Cold Mountain,^[1][2] 52 Episodes of History Channel's " Civil War Journal, and the A&E miniseries The American Revolution.

Institutions Holding or Displaying Examples of His Work

• The Booth Museum of Western Art, Cartersville, GA.
• Smithsonian's Museum of History and Technology
• The Washington Monument
• Gettysburg National Historical Park
• U.S. Army War College
• U.S. Marine Corps Museum
• National Civil War Museum, Harrisburg, PA.
• Parks of Canada
• United States Mint
• West Point Museum
• The Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
• National Museum of African American History and Culture
• North Carolina Museum of History
• Pamplin Park
• Heritage Plantation, Sandwich, MA.
• National Civil War Museum, Harrisburg, PA
• Minuteman National Historical Park
• Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum, Boston, MA.
• Cowpens National Historical Park,
• Fort Stanwix National Historical Park, Rome, N.Y.
• U.S. Cavalry Museum, Fort Riley, Kansas
• U.S. Army Center of Military History
• Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
• U.S. Marine Corps Museum
• Boston National Historical Park
• Oneida Indian Nation
• Saratoga National Historical Park
• Morristown National Historical Park
• U.S. Army National Guard Bureau
• Greensboro Historical Museum
• Fort Ticonderoga
• Guilford Court House National Park
• Virginia Museum of the Civil War, New Market VA
• Pritzker Military Museum & Library
• Union League of Philadelphia

Books

Books authored and co-authored by Don Troiani:

• Don Troiani's Civil War (1995) ISBN 0-811-70341-X OCLC 32051224
• Soldiers in America 1754-1865 (1998)
• Military Buttons of the American Revolution (2001)
• Don Troiani's Soldiers of the American Revolution (2007) ISBN 0811733238 OCLC 65207021
• Don Troiani's Regiments and Uniforms of the Civil War (2002) ISBN 0-811-70520-X OCLC 48920181
• Don Troiani's American Battles: the art of the nation at war, 1754-1865 (2006) ISBN 0-811-73327-0 OCLC 64065817
• Insignia of Independence - Military Buttons and Accoutrement Plates of the American Revolution (2012)

Notes

References

• "Artist Marches to Own (Military) Beat — Don Troiani," New York Times (November 17, 2002.)
• "An Armchair Commander," Los Angeles Times (January 2, 2004.)
• "Hartford Courant"
• "Washington Times"
• "American Rifleman" "The Arms Of April 19th 1775"

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Don Troiani.

• Official Don Troiani Website
• Don Troiani Biography
• Photograph of Don Troiani, 2011
• Photographs of Don Troiani
• "Cleveland Banner"
• "The Daily Press"
• "L'Idea Magazine"