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Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816 – July 18, 1868) was a German-born American history painter best known for his 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting . Biography. Leutze was born in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Kingdom of Württemberg.
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Mar 21, 2024 · Emanuel Leutze was a German-born American historical painter whose picture Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851) numbers among the most popular and widely reproduced images of an American historical event. Leutze was brought to the United States as a child. In 1841 he returned to Germany to study.
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Biography. Born in Germany, grew up in Philadelphia, studied and worked in Düsseldorf, 1840–59, before settling in the United States. Popular history painter of large, dramatic scenes such as Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851) and Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (1861–1862).
- May 24, 1816
- July 18, 1868
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Title: Washington Crossing the Delaware. Artist: Emanuel Leutze (American, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1816–1868 Washington, D.C.) Date: 1851. Culture: American. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 149 x 255 in. (378.5 x 647.7 cm) Credit Line: Gift of John Stewart Kennedy, 1897. Accession Number: 97.34
Oct 30, 2018 · Emanuel Leutze, the Painter Who Cemented George Washington’s Legacy. Created some 70 years after the moment it captured, Emanuel Leutze’s painting became the most iconic image of the American Revolution. by Peter A. Harrington 10/30/2018.
Washington Crossing the Delaware, oil painting created by German-American artist Emanuel Leutze in 1851. It is among the best known and most popular painting of an American historical event.
Dec 6, 2023 · Emanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware,1851, oil on canvas, 379 x 648 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) An American icon (made in Germany) Washington Crossing the Delaware is one of the most recognizable images in the history of American art.
