"David Shulman. It refers to the scene in the painting, and is a 14-line rhyming sonnet of which every line is an anagram of the title. The movie poster of the 2011 film ""Winnie the Pooh"" features the characters of Winnie and his friends in a honeypot, floating in honey. Tigger is the rower, with Winnie stylized as Washington. Washington Crossing the Delaware Washington Crossing the Delaware is an 1851 oil-on-canvas painting by the German-American artist Emanuel Leutze. It commemorates General George Washington during his famous crossing of the Delaware River with the Continental Army on the night of December"
"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"
"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."
"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"
"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"
"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,"
"for artists of the day. Whittredge was born in a log cabin near Springfield, Ohio in 1820. He painted landscapes and portraits as a young man in Cincinnati before traveling to Europe in 1849 to further his artistic training. Arriving in Germany he settled at the Düsseldorf Academy, a major art school of the period, and studied with Emanuel Leutze. At Düsseldorf, Whittredge befriended Bierstadt and posed for Leutze as both George Washington and a steersman in Leutze's famous painting, ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"", now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. He is"
"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"
"outbreak of World War II in 1939, the Bremen Art Museum (German: ""Kunsthalle Bremen"") was closed and its priceless paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture were stored in the basement. Bremen, an important manufacturing center, became an early target for Allied strategic bombing. On the night of 5 September 1942, a fire bomb destroyed the central staircase and six gallery rooms of the museum. It also burned a version of Emanuel Leutze's famous painting ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"", which because of its size could not be moved. After this damage, the Kunsthalle collections were moved to more secure storage in various"
"25–26, 1776, the Continental Army under George Washington crossed the Delaware River. After the crossing, he surprised and defeated the Hessian troops in the Battle of Trenton. Slightly more than a week after victory at Trenton, American forces gained an important victory by stopping General Cornwallis's charges at the Second Battle of Trenton. By evading Cornwallis's army, Washington made a surprise attack on Princeton and successfully defeated the British forces there on January 3, 1777. Emanuel Leutze's painting of ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"" became an icon of the Revolution. American forces under Washington met the forces under General Henry Clinton"
"the top 100 songs of 1918. The 1918 publication features a cover illustration by Rosenbaum Studios of a painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware River with a picture of General Pershing below it. The sheet music was reprinted thrice. The song describes the American effort in Germany during World War I and draws a direct parallel to the American Revolution. It describes the hope that General Pershing will have the same success as George Washington. Just Like Washington Crossed the Delaware, General Pershing Will Cross the Rhine ""Just Like Washington Crossed the Delaware, General Pershing Will Cross the Rhine"""
"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"
"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"
"society, and other people in Cedar Rapids also protested the German source. As a result, the window was not dedicated until 1955. Wood was said to have described the DAR as ""those Tory gals"" and ""people who are trying to set up an aristocracy of birth in a Republic."" Five years later Wood painted ""Daughters of Revolution,"" which he described as his only satire. He emphasized the contrast of three aged women in faded dresses framed against the heroic painting of ""Washington Crossing the Delaware."" No doubt he knew that it was painted by a German painter in Germany. Wood"
"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"
"Cross in the Mountains Cross in the Mountains, also known as the Tetschen Altar, is an oil painting by the German artist Caspar David Friedrich designed as an altarpiece. Among Friedrich's first major works, the 1808 painting marked an important break with the conventions of landscape painting by including Christian iconography. In the hierarchy of genres, religious (history) painting was considered the highest genre of art; Friedrich's use of landscape to evoke a spiritual message was thus controversial, causing debate between proponents of neoclassical ideals and the new German Romanticism of Friedrich and his peers. The canvas depicts a golden"
"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"
"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"
"were fighting for the British. Künstler devoted two months of research with the aid of military experts and historians, besides visiting the location himself, before completing the painting in 2011, titled “Washington's Crossing.” Among the inaccuracies Künstler corrected was the fact that Washington would not have been able to stand in a rowboat in daylight during a snowstorm, since it would have capsized. Nor would there be small icebergs in the water or the flag shown in the painting to have been used, since it was not adopted until the following year. Historian and author David Hackett Fischer said that"
"the painting by Künstler was “quite accurate...He got more right abut the crossing than any other image,” which included more than 200 previous paintings depicting that event. Although the new image is about 4 feet wide and 3 feet high, compared to Leutze's, which is about 21 feet wide and 12 feet high, Künstler says it is “the most important painting I've ever done."" Civil War historian Harold Holzer, formerly with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which owns the original Leutze painting, called Künstler ""the best-known and most respected historical artist in this country."" His later work covered a wider"
"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"
"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"
"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,"
"Though best known as a portrait painter, Sully also made historical pieces and landscapes. An example of the former is the 1819 ""Passage of the Delaware"", now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Sully painting, ""Portrait of Anna and Harriet Coleman,"" sold on September 28, 2013 for $145,000 by John M. Hess Auction Service Inc. of Manheim, Pennsylvania. Sully died in Philadelphia on November 5, 1872, where he had spent the majority of his long and successful career. He is buried in the Laurel Hill Cemetery. His book ""Hints to Young Painters"" was published after his death. His"
"in Jesus Christ. Around the Cross stand the evergreens, enduring through all seasons, as does the belief of Man in Him, the crucified."" Cross in the Mountains Cross in the Mountains, also known as the Tetschen Altar, is an oil painting by the German artist Caspar David Friedrich designed as an altarpiece. Among Friedrich's first major works, the 1808 painting marked an important break with the conventions of landscape painting by including Christian iconography. In the hierarchy of genres, religious (history) painting was considered the highest genre of art; Friedrich's use of landscape to evoke a spiritual message was thus"
"in rage. Redcoats warn slow his hint engage. When star general's action wish'd ""Go!"" He saw his ragged continentals row. Ah, he stands – sailor crew went going. And so this general watches rowing. He hastens – winter again grows cold. A wet crew gain Hessian stronghold. George can't lose war with's hands in; He's astern – so go alight, crew, and win! 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"
"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"
"Dresden From the Right Bank of the Elbe Above the Augustus Bridge Dresden From the Right Bank of the Elbe Above the Augustus Bridge is an oil on canvas by the Italian urban landscape painter Bernardo Bellotto. Painted in 1747, it depicts the view of Dresden from the right bank of the River Elbe, including the Dresden Frauenkirche, the Dresden Cathedral, and the Augustus Bridge. One year later, he painted another piece titled ""Dresden From the Right Bank of the Elbe Below the Augustus Bridge"", looking in the other direction from below the Augustus Bridge. Both of the paintings are"
"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"
"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"
"a long-term loan. The Watzmann The Watzmann (German - ""Der Watzmann"") is an 1824-1825 oil on canvas painting by Caspar David Friedrich, showing the Watzmann mountain as seen from Berchtesgaden to the north-east. It is now on display in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin. It was acquired in 1832 by senator Carl Friedrich Pogge von Greifswald, then later by Adolf Gustav Barthold Georg von Pressentin (1814–1879), who lived in Rostock. After von Pressentin's death it was acquired by Martin Brunn, a Jewish art collector who lived in Berlin. Nazi racial laws forced him to flee Germany and he sold it"
"Thomas Sully Thomas Sully (June 19, 1783 – November 5, 1872) was an American portrait painter, who was born in Britain but lived most of his life in Philadelphia. He painted in the style of Thomas Lawrence, and his subjects included Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, and Marquis de Lafayette as well as many leading musicians and composers. He also painted landscapes and historical pieces such as ""Passage of the Delaware"", and his work was used on United States coinage. Sully was born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England in 1783, to the actors Matthew Sully and Sarah Chester. In March 1792,"