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 and historically accurate 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

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. Forty of his original paintings have been in a special exhibition at the "Museum of the American Revolution " in Philadelphia from October 2021 until September 2022.

Troiani's artwork has appeared on various media, including:

Militaria collector

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, Museum of the American Revolution, Pamplin Park, The West Point Museum, Virginia Historical Society, Museum of the American Revolution, 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 1994 A&E miniseries The American Revolution.

Institutions holding or displaying his work

Books

Books authored and co-authored by Don Troiani:

• Don Troiani's Civil War (1995) ISBN 0-8117-0341-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 0-8117-3323-8 OCLC 65207021
• Don Troiani's Regiments and Uniforms of the Civil War (2002) ISBN 0-8117-0520-X OCLC 48920181
• Don Troiani's American Battles: the art of the nation at war, 1754-1865 (2006) ISBN 0-8117-3327-0 OCLC 64065817
• Insignia of Independence - Military Buttons and Accoutrement Plates of the American Revolution (2012) ISBN 978-1-57747-169-1
• Don Troiani's Civil War Soldiers (2017) ISBN 978-0-8117-1970-4
• Don Troiani's Campaign to Saratoga-1777 (2019) ISBN 978-0-8117-3852-1
• Don Troiani's Gettysburg: 36 Masterful Paintings and Riveting History of the Civil War's Epic Battle (2019) ISBN 978-0-8117-3835-4
• Liberty Don Troiani's Paintings of the Revolutionary War (2021) ISBN 978-0-8117-7040-8, 978-0-8117-7068-2

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"
• "Fine Art Connoisseur" June 20, 2022, Vol. 19, Issue 3, pages 098-105

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"