Leutze, Emanuel

Leutze, Emanuel (loit`sə), 1816–68, American historical painter, b. Germany. In 1859 he settled in the United States, working in Washington, D.C., and New York City. His pictures are chiefly English and American historical episodes, memorable more for their patriotic than for their aesthetic value. The most famous example is Washington Crossing the Delaware (Metropolitan Mus.). For the Capitol at Washington, D. C., he painted a gigantic mural, Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way.

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Leutze, Emanuel (Gottlieb) (1816–68) painter; born in Gmünd, Germany. He emigrated to America (1825), but went back to Europe many times to study (1841–c. 1861). When he returned, he lived in New York and Washington, D.C. His famous historical paintings have been reproduced countless times, especially Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851). His popular mural, Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (1862), is in the Capitol, Washington, D.C.