Alamo Paintings and Drawings

[Greg C.]

bromhead24 said:

What direction are we looking in this photo, would the alamo be to the left?

i think it would be becuase it looks like the town is to the right.

[neferetus]

The Alameda is southeast of the Alamo and at the bottom righthand side of this map.
Currently, it is Commerce Street. A section of the Alamo Madre Ditch runs from behind
the Alamo and to the Alameda. (You can see the ditch in the foreground of Lungkwitz's
painting.)

[Bromhead24]

Thanks, it gives me more perspective.

[neferetus]

Alamo historian/author/translator Roger Borroel is also an able illustrator. Here, David Crockett and a few of his companions are seen with General Castrillion who hopes to intervene on their behalf before Santa Anna.

The painting and several other original paintings of the Alamo by Roger appear in his book THE TEXAN REVOLUTION OF 1836: A Concise Historical Perspective Based On Original Sources. The book is avaiable on eBay for a reasonable price.

[Greg C.]

Dawn at the Alamo (1905)Henry Arthur McArdle
Although other artists had depicted famous scenes from the Alamo or the fort itself, Henry McArdle was the first to attempt to capture the entire battle scene on one canvas. He painted his first version of Dawn at the Alamo in 1875. The painting was critically acclaimed but could not find a buyer. McArdle lent the painting to the state of Texas, along with another large battle canvas, Lee at the Wilderness, in hopes that the state would eventually purchase the paintings. Unfortunately, they both were destroyed in the Capitol fire of 1881.

Recreating Dawn at the Alamo became something of an obsession for the artist. McArdle had twin, and sometimes conflicting aims for Dawn at the Alamo: to inspire patriotism, and to provide a historically accurate visual depiction of the battle. So while he labored intensively to research technical information about the fortifications, weapons, uniforms, and other details, he also intentionally departed from the historical record to make the painting more dramatic and symbolic.

Amidst the blood and chaos of the scene, the "Big Three" heroes of the Alamo are prominently depicted. On the lower left, Jim Bowie can be found rising from his sick bed to use his famed knife. On the lower right, David Crockett rushes into the fray, though not wearing his trademark coonskin cap and buckskins as in the 1875 version. The most significant change from the 1875 version was in the role of William B. Travis. In the second Dawn at the Alamo, McArdle greatly enhanced the physical size of Travis to make him the dominant figure in the painting.

Dawn at the Alamo was completed in 1905.

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in "alamo Documentary" i they said that this was a very racist painting. i cant remember all of the reasons but one of them was the mexican soldier about to cowardly stab Travis in the back.

does anyone know the other reasons?

[Bromhead24]

"Alamo historian/author/translator Roger Borroel is also an able illustrator"


I have somewhat of a problem with Roger, not his research or knowledge, but, his attitude towards others. As soon as anybody questions his evidence or attemps to debate him, he, instead of debating, calls them names and throws insults.
I get the feeling that he actually believes that He and He alone is the sole authority when it comes to Texas and Alamo history

Again, i'm not dissing his research or his findings in any way, just his attitude towards others.

[neferetus]

Gary Zaboly's overview of the battle of the Alamo. A print of this painting is available in the Alamo Museum/Giftshop.

[Wade]

Great pieces of artwork. I'm sure that anyone who looks at these appreciates the time and patience that was put into them.

Ned, that's an amazing piece by Gary Zaboly with Joe in the corner. Is there possibly a larger image of that?

~Wade

[Greg C.]

neferetus said:

Gary Zaboly's overview of the battle of the Alamo. A print of this painting is available in the Alamo Museum/Giftshop.

great painting!

[neferetus]

The arrival of the Gonzales 32, by Dickert.

[Bromhead24]

The artist still managed to get the second story windows

[neferetus]

Alamo mural by artist Garland Winney.

[calicodreams]

Not sure who the artist is, but I got the picture from www.tejasland.com

[Bromhead24]

neferetus said:

Alamo mural by artist Garland Winney.

A very interesting painting. Whats with all these very talented artists adding either the "Hump" or the secont story windows in the church?

[neferetus]

This interesting overview of the Alamo compound appears in the June, 1959 edition of TRUE WEST magazine. Pre-dating John Wayne's THE ALAMO by almost a year and an a half, artist Joe Grandee seems to have been heavily influenced by Frederic Ray's wonderful overview in his 1955 booklet, "The Story of The Alamo, Told In Exciting Pictures". Added features though, are the tower on the Long Barrack and the very LAST COMMAND looking palisade. What do you think?

[Bromhead24]

Looks like the church facade is a bit too wide, along with the upper story windows....

[RebAl]

Great pictures I enjoy looking at them all.

[neferetus]

This view of Alamo Plaza appears in an 1897 SOUVENIR OF THE ALAMO book which I recently acquired. Today, in San Antonio, a VIA Trolley bus runs along the same line on Alamo Street as the above trolley once ran.

[neferetus]

calicodreams said:

Not sure who the artist is, but I got the picture from www.tejasland.com

calico dreams, that portrait of Travis was done by artist Gary Zaboly.

[Greg C.]

neferetus said:

This view of Alamo Plaza appears in an 1897 SOUVENIR OF THE ALAMO book which I recently acquired. Today, in San Antonio, a VIA Trolley bus runs along the same line on Alamo Street as the above trolley once ran.

i was once going to bid on a 1914 san antonio guide that had a picture just like that on the cover. i was serious about bidding until the price went to over $75.