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Generals

With these apparitional paintings, Knell revisits historical military figures, many long-forgotten or overlooked. Knell washes down old narratives and in an era of extremes and polarised positions, insists upon the necessity and phantasmagoria of nuance.

Alex Knell General Philip Sheridan

General of the Army Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888)

Alex Knell General Ulysses S. Grant

General of the Army Ulysses S. Grant (1822 – 1885)

Alex Knell General George Meade

Major General George Gordon Meade (1815 – 1872)

Alex Knell General Henry Thomas

Major General George Henry Thomas (1816 – 1870)

Alex Knell General James McPherson

Major General James Birdseye McPherson (1828-1864)

Alex Knell General Georgy Zhukov

Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (1896 – 1974)

Alex Knell General Ivan Konev

Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Stepanovich Konev (1897 – 1973)

Alex Knell General Konstantin Rokossovsky

Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (1896 – 1968)

Alex Knell General Vasily Chuikov

Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov (1900 – 1982)

Alex Knell General William Pulteney

Lieutenant-General Sir William Pulteney Pulteney (1861 – 1941)

Alex Knell General Aylmer Hunter-Weston

Lieutenant General Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston (1864 – 1940)

Alex Knell General Hubert Gough

General Sir Hubert de la Pour Gough (1870 – 1963)

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