/r/BattlePaintings

Photograph via snooOG

This is a subreddit is about paintings depicting battles or other historically important events.

We have been running a couple of years now and we would like to thank everybody who has helped make us what we are.


This is a subreddit is about paintings depicting battles or other historically important events.

Wikimedia Commons is a great source for paintings.

If you wish to be an Approved Submitter Please message to Mods

Thank you

слава україні

Rules

  1. Please only submit paintings! There are other subs for photos or videos.
  2. The title should contain the name of the artist, name of the Painting and the year of the event depicted.
  3. Please post the source and a link to information about the battle or historical background in the comments.
  4. Please only submit Paintings are Historical events, for anything else please use /r/ImaginaryBattlefields
  5. Please Be civil, so please no racism, bigotry, Abusive language ect...
  6. No Posting Paintings with watermarks. (Nobody wants to go to your dodgy website.
  7. No Paintings depicting the Russian Millitary following 1991, No Russian Propaganda or Pro russian Comments.

Similar Subs

ART

The World

Footage and Photo

General

/r/BattlePaintings

155,357 Subscribers

135

The 1781 siege of Yorktown ended with the surrender of a second British army, marking effective British defeat

0 Comments
2024/11/30
01:16 UTC

128

The December 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party, led by Samuel Adams and Sons of Liberty, has become a mainstay of American patriotic lore.

2 Comments
2024/11/30
01:12 UTC

222

'The Battle of Blore Heath' by Graham Turner

4 Comments
2024/11/29
22:33 UTC

62

Battle of Avay, by Pedro Américo

Since my last post about the Paraguayan War was successful, here’s more

1 Comment
2024/11/29
19:13 UTC

189

The Battle of Riachuelo, by Victor Meirelles

This version is a copy of the original painting made by Oscar Pereira da Silva

3 Comments
2024/11/28
19:44 UTC

218

“Thunder on Little Kennesaw” - Lumsden’s Alabama Battery in action, June 25, 1864. Painting by Don Troiani.

0 Comments
2024/11/28
13:35 UTC

320

"Prussian Landwehr at Hagelberg" by Richard Knötel - The postcard depicts a battalion of the Prussian 3rd Kurmark Landwehr Infantry Regiment destroying a battalion of the French 19th Line Infantry Regiment in a melee fight during the Battle of Hagelberg, August 27, 1813.

7 Comments
2024/11/28
11:08 UTC

730

"Soldat und Tod" by Hans Larwin, 1917.Hans Larwin served on various fronts as an official war painter for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His famous painting "Soldat und Tod" (soldier and death) depicts a fallen soldier inspiring a fellow comrade to continue fighting.

12 Comments
2024/11/27
17:05 UTC

149

Moreau at Hohenlinden (Henri Frédéric Schopin) "End of the Battle of Hohenlinden": General-in-Chief Moreau, accompanied by Generals Grouchy and Ney, joins up with General Richepance, followed by the Austrian prisoners. Even as a monarchist myself, I love this painting

6 Comments
2024/11/26
14:29 UTC

393

Charles the Bold found after the Battle of Nancy, 1477. His death sparked a succession crisis that would split the Burgundian realm apart.

17 Comments
2024/11/26
12:22 UTC

113

The Battle of Boyacá (1819), also known as the Battle of Boyacá Bridge was a decisive victory by a combined army of Venezuelan and New Granadan troops along with a British Legion led by General Simon Bolivar over the III Division of the Spanish Expeditionary Army of Costa Firme commanded by Spanish

1 Comment
2024/11/26
02:26 UTC

293

Symphony of Terror 1919 by Claggett Wilson

6 Comments
2024/11/23
23:07 UTC

889

US Infantrymen supported by a M4 Sherman and M10 Wolverine clear a street in Aachen, Germany 15 October 1944.

12 Comments
2024/11/23
18:39 UTC

207

"Battle of Chattanooga" Kurz & Allison, 1888.

0 Comments
2024/11/23
16:55 UTC

688

1809 Zaragoza- Defense of the Pulpit of St. Augustine by César Alvárez Dumont

7 Comments
2024/11/21
12:59 UTC

190

Polish soldiers 1447–1492 From Thirteen Years War

0 Comments
2024/11/21
01:45 UTC

107

Battle of Chojnice 18 September 1454

0 Comments
2024/11/21
00:41 UTC

128

The Battle of Grunwald is a painting by Jan Matejko depicting the Battle of Grunwald and the victory of the allied Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania over the Teutonic Order in 1410. The canvas dates to 1878 and is one of the most heroic representations of the history.

2 Comments
2024/11/21
00:37 UTC

65

Battle of Hundsfeld Summer 1109

1 Comment
2024/11/21
00:33 UTC

521

Soldiers of the Legion of the United States advance against the Native American Northwestern Confederacy during the Battle of Fallen Timbers. August 20, 1794.

the illustration is by Peter Dennis and is from Osprey publishing’s (Campaign 256) Fallen Timbers 1794 - The US Army’s first victory

10 Comments
2024/11/20
18:08 UTC

274

Henri-Paul Motte - Richelieu on the Sea Wall of La Rochelle (1881)

2 Comments
2024/11/20
00:07 UTC

217

Battle of Als, June 29th, 1864

0 Comments
2024/11/19
14:22 UTC

440

Huron Ambush, digital art by me

6 Comments
2024/11/18
18:44 UTC

106

The Battle of the Tonelero Pass, also known as Passage of the Tonelero, was fought near the cliff of Acevedo, in the west bank of the Paraná River, Argentina, on 17 December 1851, between the Argentine Confederation Army commanded by Lucio Norberto Mansilla and warships of the Brazilian Imperial Nav

0 Comments
2024/11/17
18:59 UTC

126

At Arroyo Grande, the federal forces, or blancos, of Manuel Oribe defeated the colorados of Fructuoso Rivera, having been in conflict with them since 1838.

1 Comment
2024/11/17
18:54 UTC

79

Uruguayan Civil War 1839-1851

0 Comments
2024/11/17
18:50 UTC

68

The Siege of Paysandú as portrayed by L'Illustration newspaper, 1865

0 Comments
2024/11/17
18:41 UTC

741

"The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground" by Rick Reeves - Depicting the 54th United States Colored Infantry Regiment leading the attack on Fort Wagner on July 18, 1863.

21 Comments
2024/11/17
15:43 UTC

483

Soldiers of the 240th Rifle Regiment are surrounded by Soldiers of the 10th Infanterie-Division (Mot.) at Pobolovo, 6 July, 1941.

10 Comments
2024/11/17
14:29 UTC

Back To Top