Gilbert Gaul, 1855-1919
Confederate Guerrillas
Oil on Canvas
15 1/2 x 19 3/4 in
Private collection
William Gilbert Gaul (1855–1919) was a late 19th and early 20th century American painter and illustrator of military subjects ranging from the American Civil War to World War I, as well as American Western vistas and scenes.
Gilbert Gaul, 1855-1919
Civil War Battle
Oil on canvas
34 1/2 x 50 in
Private collection
Gilbert Gaul, 1855-1919
COLD COMFORT ON THE OUTPOST
Oil on canvas
25 1/4 by 30 in., 64 by 76.4 cm.
Private collection
Gilbert Gaul, 1855 - 1919
CHRISTMAS DAY IN CAMP
Oil on canvas
25 by 36 in., 63.5 by 91.5 cm.
Private collection
William Gilbert Gaul, American, 1855 - 1919
Nearing the End
Oil on canvas
32 x 44 in. (81.3 x 111.8 cm)
The Birmingham Museum of Art
William Gilbert Gaul, American, 1855 - 1919
Tidings from the Front (The Letter)
Oil on canvas
33 1/4 × 43 1/4 in. (84.5 × 109.9 cm)
The Birmingham Museum of Art
Gilbert Gaul, 1855 - 1919
THE SONG OF VICTORY
Oil on canvas
44 by 34 in., (111.8 by 86.4 cm)
Private collection
William Gilbert Gaul, American, 1855 - 1919
Return Home
Oil on canvas
33 × 43 in. (83.8 × 109.2 cm)
The Birmingham Museum of Art
Gaul attended school in Newark, and at the Claverack Military Academy. In New York, he began studying art under L. E. Wilmarth at the National Academy of Design school from 1872 until 1876. He also studied with John George Brown and at the Art Students' League of New York when it opened in 1875.
Private collection
In 1876 Gaul visited the American West, and on his return began to exhibit military and western paintings at the National Academy and elsewhere. To supplement his income, he provided numerous illustrations to Century Magazine at a time when it was publishing Civil War memoirs; three of his paintings were used as frontispieces to Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (1887–88); he also did work for Harper's Weekly.
"... is the title of this painting by Gilbert Gaul. While it was not meant to depict the Battle of Gettysburg specifically, it does illustrate the desperate, stand-up fighting that took place there on the first two days".
Besides spending time in New York City, he had built a log cabin and studio near Fall Creek Falls in Van Buren County, Tennessee, on land he had inherited from his uncle (See below).
By the turn of the century, his work was falling out of favor and he turned to teaching at Cumberland Female College in McMinnville. He still maintained a studio in Nashville where he worked on a series for a portfolio published in 1907 titled With the Confederate Colors. It failed to attract much attention, and by 1910, Gaul had moved to Ridgefield, New Jersey. He did tackle the Great War but with little success, and he died on December 21, 1919 of tuberculosis after a long illness. More on William Gilbert Gaul
Gilbert Gaul, 1855-1919
Directing Traffic
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 inches
Private collection
Gilbert Gaul, 1855-1919
Machine Gun in Action
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 inches
Private collection
Gilbert Gaul, 1855-1919
Bringing up the Guns
Oil on canvas
28 x 22 inches
Private collection
William Gilbert Gaul, American, 1855 - 1919
The Forager
Oil on canvas
33 1/8 x 21 1/4 in. (84.1 x 54 cm)
The Birmingham Museum of Art
Gilbert Gaul, 1855-1919
Here's Fritz Who's Downhearted
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 inches
Gilbert Gaul, 1855-1919
The Stragglers, c. 1882
Oil on canvas
National Academy of Design, New York, USA
Two Union soldiers stopped in a barren landscape, one point with his thumb in the direction they should go to be reunited with the rest of their troop.
William Gilbert Gaul'
Charging the Battery, c. 1882
Oil on canvas
36 x 44 in. ( 91.4 x 111.8 cm )
New-York Historical SocietyText accompanying the painting when it was exhibited at the National Academy of Design, in 1882, reads: "A night attack made by Uniion troops on a rebel battery placed in a narrow mountain-roadway. The captain gives the command through the bugler, encouraging the men forward. Numbers of the wounded have crawled behind projecting rocks out of the line of fire. The scene is full of most vigorous action. It is a monlight night, and there is also a bright light from the flashing of the guns of the battery." More on this painting
His work attracted some interest and he was elected as an associate of the National Academy in 1879 for his painting The Stragglers (See above), and in 1882, was elected a full academician for Charging the Battery (See above), being the youngest to achieve that honor. The same year, his painting entitled Holding the Line at All Hazards (See below) was awarded the gold medal by the American Art Association, and in 1889, he received the bronze medal at the Paris Exposition for Charging the Battery. He won further medals at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, and at the Buffalo Exposition in 1902.
Gilbert Gaul (1855–1919)
Holding the Line at All Hazards, c. 1882
Oil on canvas
Height: 32 in (81.2 cm); Width: 44 in (111.7 cm)
Birmingham Museum of Art
Besides spending time in New York City, he had built a log cabin and studio near Fall Creek Falls in Van Buren County, Tennessee, on land he had inherited from his uncle (See below).
Gilbert Gaul (1855–1919)
Van Buren County, Tennessee, c. 1879
Oil on canvas
25 1/2 x 34 1/4 inches
The Johnson Collection
Gilbert Gaul (1855–1919)
Van Buren, Tennessee, Circa 1881
Oil on canvas
29 5/8 x 44 inches
The Johnson Collection
He also spent some time in 1890 as a special agent for the federal census among the Native Americans in North Dakota making sketches for the "Report on Indians Taxed and Indians Not Taxed." Following this, he traveled to Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua, the Caribbean, and South America.
Gilbert Gaul, 1855-1919
Portrait of the Cowboy
Oil on board
26 x 22in
Private collection
Gilbert Gaul (1855–1919)
The Pow-Wow, 1890
Oil on canvas
Sid Richardson Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Gilbert Gaul (1855–1919)
Ghost Dance, c. 1890
Oil on canvasI have no further description, at this time
The Ghost Dance, also called the Ghost Dance of 1890, was a new religious movement incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems. According to the teachings of the Northern Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka, proper practice of the dance would reunite the living with spirits of the dead, bring the spirits to fight on their behalf, end American westward expansion, and bring peace, prosperity, and unity to Native American peoples throughout the region. More on The Ghost Dance
Gilbert Gaul, 1855-1919
Two Indians in a Canoe, Forest Interior, circa 1890
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 inches
Private collection
Gilbert Gaul (1855–1919)
On the Way to the Summit (The Donner Party). ca. 1891
Oil paint on canvas
Collection of the Oakland Museum of California, Kahn Collection.
This painting shows the Donner party trudging through the snow of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Donner party emigrated from Illinois to California in the spring of 1846. George Donner led the party through a much-advertised shortcut, the Hastings Cutoff. Delays and difficulties caused them to be snowbound in the high Sierras. They faced starvation and extreme suffering, forcing some to resort to eating their dead. Only forty-five of the original seventy-nine survived the journey. More on this painting
By the turn of the century, his work was falling out of favor and he turned to teaching at Cumberland Female College in McMinnville. He still maintained a studio in Nashville where he worked on a series for a portfolio published in 1907 titled With the Confederate Colors. It failed to attract much attention, and by 1910, Gaul had moved to Ridgefield, New Jersey. He did tackle the Great War but with little success, and he died on December 21, 1919 of tuberculosis after a long illness. More on William Gilbert Gaul
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