Who painted “Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way”?

“Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way” was painted by Emanuel Leutze in 1862. Where to see it: United States Capitol.

Romanticism

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Romanticism: Neoclassicism is cool and linear; Romanticism is turbulent and colourful. Realism, which followed, replaced drama with ordinary life.

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816 – July 18, 1868) was a German-born American history painter, best known for his 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. Wikipedia

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More by Emanuel Leutze

“Washington Crossing the Delaware”, 1851
“Christopher Columbus Before the Council of Salamanca”, 1841
“Columbus Before the Queen”, 1843
“The Courtship of Anne Boleyn”, 1846
“Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth”, 1851
“The Storming of Teocalli by Cortez and his Troops”, 1848
“Signing of the Alaska Treaty”, 1867
“Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth”, 1857