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Civil War Series
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Richard LeFevre
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Richard J. LeFevre’s Civil War Series presents the history of the War Between the States (1861 – 1865) through works on paper that depict 32 of the war’s most significant battles. By combining his love of history and his skill as an illustrator, LeFevre used inventive mixed-media techniques to create these powerful images inspired by his personal investigation into that terrible and definitive era. He sought to authenticate the audience experience by incorporating images from period publications such as Harper’s Weekly and Leslie’s Illustrated. Century-old woodcut engravings, made from sketches by Civil War artists who were present at the battles, were flash-framed onto paper with a copier. They were further manipulated with watercolor, pencil, and collage techniques. Some contain photographic tintype images of prominent battle figures. Military leaders, such as Grant, Lee, Meade, Stuart and Farragut are represented in the context of events pertinent to each battle. Throughout the series, LeFevre includes quotes from legendary figures and battle-weary foot soldiers. Technical drawings of engines and ironclads describe precise details of war machines that accompanied soldiers in battle. The paintings are allegorical in nature and are presented in chronological order. The Gettysburg triptych is the centerpiece of the exhibit. The Civil War Series, which took LeFevre four years to complete, portrays the Civil War without bias toward the Union or the Confederacy. The paintings premiered at The United States Civil War Center in the Foster Hall Gallery at Louisiana State University in 1998. On several occasions, LeFevre created dynamic public presentations, augmenting images from the series with his own spoken narrative and live, period music.
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Bequest of the artist
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Knoxville
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Richard J. LeFevre (1931 - 2000)
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1991
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watercolor and mixed media on paper
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Relieved as head of all Union troops after Fredericksburg, General Ambrose Burnside (shown at right), was back at the head of his IX Corps. Burnside was known for his distinctive facial hair—an extravagantly bushy beard without hair on his chin. In a nod to Burnside, facial hair on the side of a man’s face became known as “sideburns”. Upper East Tennessee, with its principal city of Knoxville, was a generally pro-Union area, and Burnside was tasked with the job of freeing it from Southern forces. When the troops under Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner were withdrawn from Knoxville to support General Braxton Bragg at Chattanooga, Burnside had little opposition as he entered Knoxville on September 3, 1863. General James Longstreet (shown on left) had reinforced General Braxton Bragg during the Battle of Chickamauga, and the two generals were not getting along. Confederate President Jefferson Davis decided to resolve the issue by suggesting that Longstreet lead an attack to regain Knoxville, a key railroad city. After a few skirmishes outside Knoxville, the bulk of Burnside’s forces returned to the city on November 17, where he increased his defenses on a hill west of the city near a former Confederate fortification called Fort Sanders. Headquartered at a house nearby called Bleak House, Longstreet began his siege of Fort Sanders on November 19, but waited for reinforcements that included the chief engineer who had been posted to Knoxville when it was in Confederate hands. Burnside’s forces had increased their defensive posture by placing wire entanglements around tree stumps near the fort. In front of Fort Sanders was a huge ditch, 4-1/2 to 10-feet deep. The ramparts behind the ditch rose at a 45-degree angle and would have normally been covered with planks to help hold up the fort’s walls. On the morning of November 29, 1863, when Longstreet attacked Burnside with three brigades, they found that the Federals had removed the planks over the ditch. With no firm foothold on the icy ground, Confederates who made it to the ditch ended up in the bottom of it, raked by canister and grape shot. The battle lasted only 22 minutes and was an embarrassment for the South with Confederate losses at 129 killed, 458 wounded, 226 captured compared to the Union’s losses of around 20.
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Bequest of the Artist
American History
Civil War
Knoxville
mixed media
Richard LeFevre
Tennessee
UT Faculty
War
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Paintings
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various
Still Image
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painting
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29.5 x 41 inches
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South Knoxville Lady Bug Swarm
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Nina Bovasso
American, b. 1965
Date
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2000
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watercolor, acrylic pen, and pencil on paper
29.5 x 41 inches
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Gift of the artist
Artist in Residence
insect
Knoxville
mixed media
Woman Artist