In 1959, Alex Katz began painting figures on canvas, cutting them out and then pasting them onto wooden boards. Two years later the playwright Kenneth Koch saw an exhibition of these and asked Katz to ...

When the painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware" was first revealed to the public in the early 1850s, it was a smash hit. It toured major cities, drawing crowds and gold medals.

Its cues are taken from the Emanuel Leutze painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware," a highly unlikely but powerful image of how the real-life event played out, and it resonates even today.

Summary "Explores history painting in the United States during the middle decades of the nineteenth century, as exemplified by Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851). Includes the ...

“I am at a loss of words to describe how important this painting is: Emanuel Leutze masterpiece ‘Washington crossing the Delaware’ on display for decades in the west wing of the white house ...

The painting, The Crossing, bears a resemblance to Washington Crossing the Delaware, an 1851 oil painting by Emanuel Leutze that depicts General George Washington with the Continental Army on the ...

His painting, titled "Washington's Crossing: McKonkey's Ferry, Dec. 26, 1776," debuts Monday. Leutze's painting is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, on the other side of Central Park.

As I was perusing some mid-19th century works, one in particular caught my eye: Emanuel Leutze's 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware.

Emanuel Leutze, "Washington Crossing the Delaware," oil on canvas, 1851. The Minnesota Marine Art Museum will host a special event July 8 on the famous painting now part of its permanent collection.