Don Stivers

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More than any other contemporary military artist, Don Stivers' popularity has grown on both a national and international scale at an unprecedented rate. Don Stivers has created works of art spanning everything from illustrating book jackets to the opening of the American West, but most recently is best known for his prolific production of paintings whose theme is the American Civil War. Stivers chooses, as subjects for his military paintings, events both momentous for the nation and historically significant for the individuals involved in each painting: Lee at Gettysburg during the only council of war he held there; the welcomed return to Washington of the victorious Union Army after Appomattox; the last horse mounted cavalry charge made by the 11th U.S. Cavalry. Through the eyes of the individual we see the fate of nations unfold. Don Stivers' interest in art began during childhood as he copied newspaper comics in his hometown of Superior, Wisconsin. His formal art training began at the California College of Arts and Crafts after two years as a Navy corpsman in WW II.

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