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Emanuel Leutze

Oil 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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Emanuel Leutze Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way (Westward Ho)

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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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