. What pictures to see in America. pictures must be seen through thebig end of a telescope. At the opposite end of the room is Wash-ington Crossing the Delaware (Fig. 46), byEmanuel Leutze (1816-1868). This is themost famous picture of any American his-torical scene. Leutze, born in Germany, wasbrought to Philadelphia when a mere returned to Europe and studied in theDiisseldorf Academy. He was a man cast ina big mold. With great enthusiasm and highideals, he returned to America ready to pushthe new movement of the Academy—to over-come the artificial and try to produce some-thing of th
. What pictures to see in America. pictures must be seen through thebig end of a telescope. At the opposite end of the room is Wash-ington Crossing the Delaware (Fig. 46), byEmanuel Leutze (1816-1868). This is themost famous picture of any American his-torical scene. Leutze, born in Germany, wasbrought to Philadelphia when a mere returned to Europe and studied in theDiisseldorf Academy. He was a man cast ina big mold. With great enthusiasm and highideals, he returned to America ready to pushthe new movement of the Academy—to over-come the artificial and try to produce some-thing of the life of the present. That he didnot understand the tremendous force of thebreaking ice in the Delaware River is probablydue to the fact that he made his study for thepainting watching the breaking ice in theRhine at the foot of his own garden in Diissel-dorf. General Washington could hardly havestood up with that dignified attitude in such afrail boat on the real Delaware at Trenton,December 25, 1776. Then, too, the use of the. Fig. 46—Washington Crossing the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Newlork City.
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