Historical Paintings & illustrations for Golden Books American History Series

THE NEW ROCHELLE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
EXHIBITION OF ORIGINAL REALIST PAINTINGS

ALTON TOBEY

THE AMERICAN HISTORY SERIES

Starting in the early 1960's, Alton Tobey created three hundred separate paintings for The Golden Book History of The United States, a twelve volume series of encyclopedic books on American history published in 1963 by Golden Press, New York. The images below are some of the original paintings for the series that are part of the New Rochelle Council on The Arts exhibition.

FOR VOLUME 1, "THE EXPLORERS":

Boarding The Mayflower

The First Thanksgiving

FOR VOLUME 2, "THE INDIAN WARS":

The Ambush of General Braddock in
The French & Indian War

The Death of General Wolfe in
The French & Indian War

FOR VOLUME 3, "THE AGE OF REVOLUTION":

The British Surrender at Yorktown

The Battle of Little Big Horn

FOR OTHER VOLUMES:

Teddy Roosevelt
leading the Rough Riders

General John J. Pershing
at the tomb of Lafayette

The Assassination of President McKinley

In addition to Tobey's major paintings, a number of interesting smaller works that were created as illustrations for the series are in the exhibition:

Roger Smith

Balboa
Discovering the Pacific

William H. Taft

OTHER PAINTINGS IN THE EXHIBITION

The Boston Massacre
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Portrait of Lincoln
Portrait of F. D. Roosevelt
Doughboys of the 3d Division
The Japanese Capture of Guam
East Meets West - Railroads

The Chicago Fire
The Battle of Antietam
Lincoln's Funeral Train
Portrait of George Washington
Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant
Columbus Rows Ashore
John F. & Robert Kennedy

NAVIGATION:

NEXT PAGE - SUMMARY BIO & NOTES

FIRST PAGE - INTRODUCTION
SECOND PAGE - THE PAINTINGS
THIRD PAGE - THE PORTRAITS
LAST PAGE - ABOUT THE NRCA

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