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Khan Academy: Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware
"Washington Crossing the Delaware" by German Emanuel Leutze is one of the most recognizable images in the history of American art. Read the backstory and view pictures of this painting.
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Khan Academy: Church, Niagara and Heart of the Andes
Frederic Edwin Church is most famous for his large, blockbuster--ized landscapes. Among the many he painted, Niagara (1857) and The Heart of the Andes (1863) are justifiably the most famous. View pictures of these paintings and read...
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Khan Academy: Catlin, the White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas
George Catlin's paintings and illustrations show Native-Americans as real people as opposed to noble savages as Europeans often viewed them. View examples of his paintings and read their backstory in this essay.