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Emanuel Leutze
historical painter, born in Gmund, Wurtemberg, 24 May, 1816; died in Washington, DC 18 July, 1868.American painter of German birth. When he was nine, Leutze's family emigrated to America and settled in Philadelphia. In 1834 he began to study art with the draughtsman John Rubens Smith (1775-1849). Leutze developed his skills as a portrait painter by taking likenesses to be engraved for publication in the National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans and then working as an itinerant painter. He also experimented with imaginative compositions, such as the Poet's Dream (Philadelphia, PA Acad. F.A.). Philadelphia patrons sponsored his study in Europe, and in 1841 he enrolled at the Kenigliche Kunstakademie in Desseldorf. Although attempts at history painting won approval in Germany and in the USA, Leutze left the academy in 1843. He travelled for two years in Germany and Italy, during which time he became convinced of the importance of freedom and democracy,
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Painting ID:: 28176
Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way (Westward Ho)
1861-2
stercochromed mural 4.5 x 8.9m(14ft 9in x 29 ft 4in)Capitol Butilding Washington DC (mk63)
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Painting ID:: 28426
Washington Crossing the Delaware
1851
Oil on canvas 378.5 x 647.7 cm
(149 x 225 in)
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (mk63)
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Painting ID:: 30709
Wastward the Course of the Empire Takes Its Way
mk68
Oil on canvas
Washington,
Smithsonian American Art
Museum
1864
USA
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Painting ID:: 31685
Washington traversant la Delaware
mk75
1851
Huile sur toile
378.5x647.7cm
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Painting ID:: 39062
Columbus before the Queen
mk140
1843
Oil on canvas
96.6x129.4cm
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Emanuel Leutze
historical painter, born in Gmund, Wurtemberg, 24 May, 1816; died in Washington, DC 18 July, 1868.American painter of German birth. When he was nine, Leutze's family emigrated to America and settled in Philadelphia. In 1834 he began to study art with the draughtsman John Rubens Smith (1775-1849). Leutze developed his skills as a portrait painter by taking likenesses to be engraved for publication in the National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans and then working as an itinerant painter. He also experimented with imaginative compositions, such as the Poet's Dream (Philadelphia, PA Acad. F.A.). Philadelphia patrons sponsored his study in Europe, and in 1841 he enrolled at the Kenigliche Kunstakademie in Desseldorf. Although attempts at history painting won approval in Germany and in the USA, Leutze left the academy in 1843. He travelled for two years in Germany and Italy, during which time he became convinced of the importance of freedom and democracy,
. Related Artists to Emanuel Leutze: | Chester Harding | Domenica Battaglia | Christian Berentz | Robert Scott Lauder | George Armfield |
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