Painting of the Day #11Painting of the Day #11 Happy 4Happy 4thth of July!!! of July!!!

Emmanuel Leutze Emmanuel Leutze Washington Crossing the Delaware Washington Crossing the Delaware Oil on Canvas 1851Oil on Canvas 1851Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYMetropolitan Museum of Art, NY149x255”149x255”

American painting before the mid-20th century was pretty dull. Most paintings were of historical events—like this one. Leutze was a great painter with obvious influences from the high Renaissance.

Sorry to phone this PotD in folks, but it’s a half day and I’m OUTTA HERE!

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