"In 1953, the American pop artist Larry Rivers painted ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"", which is in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The painting has also inspired copies by Roy Lichtenstein (an abstract expressionist variant painted c. 1951) and Robert Colescott (a parody titled ""George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware"" painted in 1975). * Grant Wood makes direct use of Leutze's painting in his own ""Daughters of Revolution"". The painting is a direct jab at the D.A.R., scrutinizing what Wood interpreted as their unfounded elitism. ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"" is a 1936 sonnet by"
"often caricatured. Additional References: Emanuel Leutze Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816July 18, 1868) was a German American history painter best known for his painting ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"". He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Leutze was born in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Württemberg, Germany, and was brought to the United States as a child. His parents settled first in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and then at Philadelphia. His early education was good, though not especially in the direction of art. The first development of his artistic talent occurred while he was attending the sickbed of his father, when he attempted"
"Emanuel Leutze Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816July 18, 1868) was a German American history painter best known for his painting ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"". He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Leutze was born in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Württemberg, Germany, and was brought to the United States as a child. His parents settled first in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and then at Philadelphia. His early education was good, though not especially in the direction of art. The first development of his artistic talent occurred while he was attending the sickbed of his father, when he attempted drawing to occupy the"
"ball, which severed an artery. Doctor John Riker clamped the artery, preventing him from bleeding to death. The hours before the battle served as the inspiration for the painting ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"" by German American artist Emanuel Leutze. The image in the painting, in which Washington stands majestic in his boat as it crosses the Delaware River, is generally believed to be more symbolic than historically accurate. The waters of the river were icy and treacherous, and the flag Monroe holds was not created until six months after the battle. In addition, contrary to the painting, the crossing occurred"
"off ice with an oar at Washington's knee in the painting ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"", painted 75 years after the event by German American artist Emanuel Leutze. Most historians doubt that there is any basis for this story. It is extremely unlikely that either General Whipple or Prince Whipple was present at the Battle of Trenton. At that time, General Whipple was serving in the Continental Congress, which had fled Philadelphia and reconvened in Baltimore, a distance of from Trenton. Moreover, Prince Whipple was not famous at the time the painting was commissioned, and it is unlikely that Leutze would"
"led to the founding of the Allgemeine deutsche Kunstgenossenschaft. A strong supporter of Europe's Revolutions of 1848, Leutze decided to paint an image that would encourage Europe's liberal reformers with the example of the American Revolution. Using American tourists and art students as models and assistants, Leutze finished a first version of ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"" in 1850. Just after it was completed, the first version was damaged by fire in his studio, subsequently restored, and acquired by the Kunsthalle Bremen. On September 5, 1942, during World War II, it was destroyed in a bombing raid by the Allied forces."
"the museum were completed in 2009, 2013, and 2014. The museum's focus is on marine and maritime art and artists' relationship with water. Notable artists with works featured at the Museum include Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Claude Monet, J. M. W. Turner, and Vincent van Gogh. One of two surviving versions of ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"" by Emanuel Leutze was acquired in 2014 for the MMAM. This version of the painting, the third and final version created by Leutze, is a smaller scale version which most recently was on display at the White House prior to its acquisition by the"
"the Old American West through their art. History painting was a less popular genre in U.S. art during the 19th century, although ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"", painted by the German-born Emanuel Leutze, is among the best-known U.S. paintings. The historical and military paintings of William B. T. Trego were widely published after his death (according to Edwin A. Peeples, ""There is probably not an American History book which doesn't have (a) Trego picture in it""). Portrait painters in the U.S. in the 19th century included untrained limners such as Ammi Phillips, and painters schooled in the European tradition, such as"
"his paintings have changed opinions about the accuracy of early famous paintings by others, such as Emmanuel Leutze's famous ""Washington Crossing the Delaware."" Besides his Civil War paintings, he created historical art of the American Revolution through the Korean and Vietnam wars, along with paintings of World War II. He painted historical events such as the Oklahoma Land Rush and new immigrants on Ellis Island. Collections of Künstler's work are published as limited-edition prints, and his artistic output places him at the forefront of contemporary historical realism. NASA made him their official artist for the space shuttle Columbia. In 1982,"
"Delaware during the American Revolution. In 1831, the ferry was replaced by the Washington Crossing Bridge, linking it with Washington Crossing in Pennsylvania. Each year on Christmas Day, General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River is commemorated at Washington Crossing just south of Titusville. The annual reenactment depicts General Washington's December 25, 1776 nighttime river crossing and the attack on the morning of December 26 on the Hessian troops in Trenton, which was one of the key battles of the American Revolutionary War. Re-enactors assemble on the Pennsylvania side of the river, where their commander reads Thomas Paine's pamphlet,"
"is also commonly known as ""Westward Ho!"". Late in life, he became a member of the National Academy of Design. He was also a member of the Union League Club of New York, which has a number of his paintings. At age 52, he died in Washington, D.C. of heatstroke. He was interred at Glenwood Cemetery. At the time of his death, a painting, ""The Emancipation of the Slaves"", was in preparation. Leutze's portraits are known less for their artistic quality than for their patriotic emotionalism. ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"" firmly ranks among the American national iconography, and is thus"
"because the British and Continental armies fought several crucial battles there. Throughout the war hundreds of engagements occurred in New Jersey, more than in any other colony. Five major battles were fought at Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth, Union and Springfield. The Battles of Trenton and Princeton are collectively referred to as the Ten Crucial Days because these desperately needed victories bolstered the morale of the nation. On the night of December 25–26, 1776, the Continental Army, commanded by General George Washington, made the famous crossing of the Delaware River. The scene was immortalized in Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze's painting ""Washington Crossing the"
"Washington Crossing the Delaware (sonnet) ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"" is a sonnet that was written in 1936 by David Shulman. The title and subject of the poem refer to the scene in the painting ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"" by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. The poem is noted for being an anagrammatic poem – in this case, a 14-line rhyming sonnet in which every line is an anagram of the title. A hard, howling, tossing water scene. Strong tide was washing hero clean. ""How cold!"" Weather stings as in anger. O Silent night shows war ace danger! The cold waters swashing on"
"Bingham fulfilled a long-cherished desire and studied the Old Masters at the Louvre Museum, likely his chief reason for going abroad. They went on to Düsseldorf, Germany, where they lived until 1859, taking part in the Düsseldorf school of painting. Bingham lived and worked among the American and German artists of the art colony, among whom was the German-American Emanuel Leutze, the most prominent historical painter in the United States. (""Washington Crossing the Delaware"" was then his most famous work.) Leutze was unusual for living in both countries and had an open studio in Düsseldorf, where he welcomed Bingham as"
"a member of the Century Association, Metropolitan Club, Downtown Club, Grolier Club, Union League Club, City Club, New York Yacht and Atlantic Yacht Clubs, the Jekyl Island Club, and the New-York Historical Society. As well as his many positions in finance Kennedy was a keen art collector. In his later life Kennedy donated many pieces to the Metropolitan Museum of Art including the second painting of Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze's famous Washington Crossing the Delaware, a full-sized replica of the first, in 1897. Kennedy died of whooping cough in 1909 at his home, 6 West Fifty-Seventh street, in New York. Honorary"
"if they were to be chosen by the AAU. Artists, like Emanuel Leutze, would paint ""Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way"" to emphasize the vastness of possibilities in the American future and ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"" (to inspire the reformers in Europe). George Caleb Bingham would reflect the tension of the unknown and the excitement of the West in ""The Concealed Enemy"" (1845) as well as the independent and optimistic spirit in his ""The Jolly Flatboatmen"" (1846). Thomas Cole's ""Arcadia"" and ""Youth"" would lend a comforting, moralizing tone to the landscapes that inspired two generations of artists. Many"
"of ""Moonlight and Magnolias"" was sold out in three weeks after publication. By 2015, Künstler had painted more than 350 Civil War subjects. He painted his final Civil War painting in 2015, depicting the end of the war, titled ""LaGrange vs. LaGrange."" Some of his paintings have revised opinions of many about the accuracy of earlier paintings by others. One of Kunstler's more recent paintings has, according to recent historians, corrected some obvious inaccuracies of one America's most famous, the 1851 painting by Emmanuel Leutze, ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"", depicting Washington's 1776 surprise attack on the 30,000 German soldiers who"
"Monroe, future Chief Justice of the United States John Marshall, Alexander Hamilton (a future Secretary of the Treasury), and Arthur St. Clair, who later served as President of the Continental Congress and Governor of the Northwest Territory. Both sides of the Delaware River where the crossing took place have been preserved, in an area designated as the Washington's Crossing National Historic Landmark. In this district, Washington Crossing Historic Park in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, preserves the area in Pennsylvania, and Washington Crossing State Park marks the New Jersey side. The two areas are connected by the Washington Crossing Bridge. In 1851"
"Delaware River Hazelwood innovated many naval tactics, kept the British navy at bay for weeks and played a major role in the development of riverine warfare for the American navies. Recommended by Washington and his council, Hazelwood was chosen to lead a large fleet of American ships and riverboats up river to safety. For his bravery and distinguished service Congress awarded him with a ceremonial military sword, while the famous presidential artist Charles Peale found Hazelwood worthy enough to paint his portrait. After the Revolution Hazelwood lived out his remaining years in Philadelphia. In the years before the American Revolution"
"sent home for exhibition, prompting a favorable notice in the ""Daily National Intelligencer"". The painting was also shown in Philadelphia, where it met with less glowing reviews. Returning to the District in 1854, Washington remained there until 1861. He had some success as a painter of portraits and history paintings, and exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design. While working at the Patent Office, in 1855, he drew an unauthorized copy of Leutze's ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"" in colored crayon on the wall of a basement room in the building. The office"
"in 1942, during World War II. Leutze painted two more versions, one of which is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The other was in the West Wing reception area of the White House in Washington, D.C.; but in March 2015, was put on display at The Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona, Minnesota. Emanuel Leutze grew up in America, then returned to Germany as an adult, where he conceived the idea for this painting during the Revolutions of 1848. Hoping to encourage Europe's liberal reformers through the example of the American Revolution, and using"
"Carver Crossing the Delaware: Page From an American History Textbook"" (1975), based on Emanuel Leutze's 1851 painting of the Revolutionary War hero, putting Carver, a pioneering African American agricultural chemist, at the helm of a boat loaded with black cooks, maids, fishermen and minstrels. With equally transgressive humor and an explosive style, he also created his own versions of Vincent van Gogh's ""Potato Eaters"" (1975), Jan van Eyck's ""Arnolfini Portrait"" (1976), and Édouard Manet's ""Dejeuner sur l'Herbe (1980)."" In 1987, the San Jose Museum of Art organized the first major retrospective of Colescott's work. Museum director John Olbrantz curated the"
"Marshall O. Roberts for $10,000 (at the time, an enormous sum). After changing ownership several times, it was finally donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by John Stewart Kennedy in 1897. ""Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth"", Leutze's companion piece to ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"" is displayed in the Heyns (East) Reading Room of Doe Library at the University of California, Berkeley. The painting was lent at least twice in its history. In the early 1950s, it was part of an exhibition in Dallas, Texas. Then, beginning in 1952, it was exhibited for several years at the United Methodist"
"Washington's Crossing (book) Washington's Crossing is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book written by David Hackett Fischer and part of the ""Pivotal Moments in American History"" series. It is primarily about George Washington's leadership during the 1776 campaign of the American Revolutionary War, culminating with the famous crossing of the Delaware River and the subsequent campaign, with the Battle of Trenton, the Second Battle of Trenton, and the Battle of Princeton. Fischer discusses the historical context of the crossing, including the crossing's precursors, the intensity of effort required to make the crossing itself, and the effects upon the outcome of the American"
"Bonaparte Crossing the Alps Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (also called Napoleon Crossing the Alps, despite the existence of another, more well-known painting with that name) is an 1848–1850 oil-on-canvas portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, by French artist Paul Delaroche. The painting depicts Bonaparte leading his army through the Alps on a mule, a journey Napoleon and his army of soldiers made in the spring of 1800, in an attempt to surprise the Austrian army in Italy. The two main versions of this painting that exist are in the Louvre in Paris and the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, England. Queen Victoria"
"Revolutionary War made possible by the success of the crossing and the brilliant exploitation. He follows up with more than 180 pages, divided into appendices, source citations, and acknowledgements. Using as his starting point, the famous painting ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"" by Emmanuel Leutze, Fischer continues through the shift in momentum resulting from this campaign. He shows that before the crossing, the British were intent upon attacking and defeating the revolutionaries. After the crossing and subsequent campaign, the British focused on being attacked. Fischer proceeds through the aftermath and finishes with a discussion of how a new, American way of"
"Abraham Lincoln (Healy) Abraham Lincoln is an 1869 oil-on-canvas painting by George Peter Alexander Healy of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. In the painting, Lincoln is observed alone, leaning forward, with his elbow on his knee and his head resting on his hand. The pose is taken from Healy's 1868 painting, ""The Peacemakers"", which depicts the historic March 28, 1865, strategy session by the Union high command, composed of William Tecumseh Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant, David Dixon Porter, and Lincoln, aboard the steamboat the ""River Queen"" during the final days of the American Civil War. Lincoln"
"the role of George Washington in the annual Christmas Day re-enactment of the famous 1776 crossing of the Delaware River. The re-enactors would cross over from Pennsylvania to New Jersey on Christmas afternoon. Kelly's first wife was Mary Gray Freeman (now known as Mary Spitzer), The daughter of CCL MSC USA ELM OFC SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASH DC USA Monroe Edward and Christine Gray [nee'Clinch]Freeman the 1951 national women's champion in swimming and a member of the United States swimming team destined for the 1952 Olympics at Helsinki (She appeared on the cover of ""Life"" magazine on July 23, 1951)."
"in Princeton never married; James born 1739 in Princeton who married Brigitha Mott. Eleazer married Lydia Irons. He and his wife died in a yellow fever epidemic in 1798 in Wilmington. Their children were Thomas Irons McComb born 1766, Jennett McComb born 1780 who married Thomas Clayton, Elizabeth McComb, and James Bellach McComb. Eleazer is pictured as Figure #6 in the John Trumbull painting ""General George Washington Resigning His Commission"". Eleazer McComb Eleazer McComb (August 11, 1740 – December 1798) was an American merchant from Dover, Delaware. He was a delegate from Delaware to the Continental Congress from March 1783"
"face, and in his deep-set eyes, an expression of profound sadness and disillusionment."" Leutze also executed other portraits, including one of fellow painter William Morris Hunt. That portrait was owned by Hunt's brother Leavitt Hunt, a New York attorney and sometime Vermont resident, and was shown at an exhibition devoted to William Morris Hunt's work at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 1878. In 1860 Leutze was commissioned by the U.S. Congress to decorate a stairway in the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, for which he painted a large composition, ""Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way"", which"
"Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze's ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"", ""Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth"". The piece was originally a gift to the university in 1882 by Mrs. Mark Hopkins but was soon forgotten after it was stored in the Hearst Women's Gymnasium. It was not until the 1960s, when Dr. Raymond L. Stehle was writing a biography of Leutze, that it was rediscovered and placed in the Heyns Reading Room. The North Reading Room features enormously high ceilings and was restored in 2005 to its original 1910 state. The renovated room features refinished historic tables and chairs, replaced floors, and task"
"after the outbreak of war and the collection was initially stored in the basement. In the night of 5 September 1942, a fire bomb destroyed the central staircase and six rooms upstairs. It also burned the painting ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"" by Emanuel Leutze, which because of its size could not be removed. Today a second version hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. After this damage, large parts of the collection were moved to protected areas underneath the Bremer Landesbank and Norddeutschen Kreditbank. As the severity of air raids on Bremen increased, Mayor Böhmcker finally decreed"
"the 1995 computer game ""Oregon Trail II"" depict the study version of this painting on the title screen. Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (also known as Westward Ho) is a painted mural displayed behind the western staircase of the House of Representatives chamber in the United States Capitol Building. The mural was painted by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze in 1861 and symbolizes Manifest Destiny, the belief that the United States was destined for Western exploration and expansion originating from the initial colonies along the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific Ocean."