American Civil War art print showing John
Hunt Morgan and the 2nd Kentucky cavalry during the first Kentucky raid, shown
in Civil War art print by Clyde Heron, Morgan's Raiders.
Clyde Heron has received numerous awards
for his paintings: the Plainsman Award; the Arrowhead Award; the Golden
Spur; and the Jefferson Davis Medal is of particular significance. The
medal was presented to the artist by the United Daughters of the
Confederacy for "his devotion, dedication and integrity in promoting
and preserving the history of the South during the War Between the States
through his paintings. His meticulous research is shown by the
authenticity and realism of his paintings of the military scenes of the
period.
As a result of his dedication to
authenticity and realism, Heron's work has attracted the attention of
publishers of historical journals. History students will find his work
gracing the covers of historical books published by the University Press,
the University Nebraska Press, and the University of North Texas Press.
Heron's original paintings are in
private collections in England, Scotland, Australia, and throughout the
United States. They are also in the public collections of Fort Davis
National Historic Site, Ft Davis Texas; Fort Concho National Historic
Landmark, San Angelo, Texas; The Gadsden Museum of Fine Art, Gadsden,
Alabama; The Confederate Relic Room and Museum, Columbia, South Carolina;
The University of Texas Permian Basin; and the Presidential Museum,
Odessa, Texas. The latter commission Heron to do portraits of Presidents
Lyndon B. Johnson, Gerald ford, and George Bush for its permanent
collection.
it was with great
sadness we learned of the death of Clyde heron. who we believe to be one
of the great American military artists, who lived for his art. a noble
gentleman. greatly missed
Morgans Raiders by Clyde Heron
