Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (mural study, U.S. Capitol)
1861 · Oil
Dimensions 84.5 × 110.1 cm
Collection: American Collection
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (mural study, U.S. Capitol), 1861, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Sara Carr Upton, 1931.6.1
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Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (mural study, U.S. Capitol) (1861) by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, oil, from the American Collection.
About Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
"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).
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