Emanuel Leutze Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way (Westward Ho) Painting ID:: 28176 new3/Emanuel Leutze-456222.jpg
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)
Emanuel Leutze Wastward the Course of the Empire Takes Its Way Painting ID:: 30709 new4/Emanuel Leutze-988295.jpg
Wastward the Course of the Empire Takes Its Way mk68
Oil on canvas
Washington,
Smithsonian American Art
Museum
1864
USA
Emanuel Leutze Washington traversant la Delaware Painting ID:: 31685 new4/Emanuel Leutze-975762.jpg
Washington traversant la Delaware mk75
1851
Huile sur toile
378.5x647.7cm
Emanuel Leutze Columbus before the Queen Painting ID:: 39062 new12/Emanuel Leutze-989798.jpg
Columbus before the Queen mk140
1843
Oil on canvas
96.6x129.4cm
Emanuel Leutze Westwards it takes realm its course Painting ID:: 42776 new16/Emanuel Leutze-545336.jpg
Westwards it takes realm its course MK169
1861
oil Paint on cloth 84.5x110.2cm
Emanuel Leutze Westward the course of empire Painting ID:: 50980 new18/Emanuel Leutze-867537.jpg
Westward the course of empire mk217
Emanuel Leutze Columbus before the Queen Painting ID:: 71470 new23/Emanuel Leutze-694876.jpg
Columbus before the Queen ca. 1843(1843)
Oil on canvas
97.9 x 129.4 cm (38.54 x 50.94 in)
Emanuel Leutze Washington Crossing the Delaware. Painting ID:: 78720 new24/Emanuel Leutze-994943.jpg
Washington Crossing the Delaware. 1851(1851)
Oil on canvas
378.5 x 647.7 cm (149 x 255 in)
cjr
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,