Bill Burgess TPAC Photos

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This is the finished Confederate diorama with the backdrop that Bill painted.

It is in TPAC, the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville, Tennessee.

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This is the diorama backdrop in progress with Bill painting it.

It is 12 feet tall by 30 feet long.

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This is Bill painting the left side of the backdrop.

Notice the hat of the man standing with a cap on. The museum had Bill to change the cap to a hat.

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This is when Bill changed the hat.

He was having a real struggle with his back at this time.

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This is the left side of the Confederate diorama finished.

Notice how the backdrop and the tent, manniquins, and foreground works together.

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This is the right side of the diorama backdrop in progress with Bill painting it.

Notice the fence -- how Bill makes the painting blend to the real rail fence.

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This is the right side of the diorama backdrop almost finished.

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This is the right side of the diorama finished.

Notice how you can not tell where the painting ends and the articles in the diorama starts.

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This is the right side of the diorama finished.