Eighteenth-Century Colonist Preaching to Indians

1852

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

Associated Names
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

Artist, American, born Germany, 1816 - 1868

The image shows an ink drawing of a scene in a wooded area. In the center of the composition, a group of people is gathered in a forest setting. Trees arch overhead, creating a partial canopy with their outlines and shading. The horizon line is not clearly visible, but the eye is drawn upwards towards a standing figure among the trees in the background. The drawing features intricate line work to define the figures and natural elements, conveying texture and depth. The color palette consists of varying shades of brown ink on toned paper to create contrast. The people are arranged in a circular formation on the ground, appearing engaged in a communal activity. The forest setting is depicted with cross-hatching and line work to convey its dense and organic nature.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rear Admiral Eugene Henry Cozzens Leutze (son of the artist), New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1917; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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Exhibition History

1972

  • The Dusseldorf Academy and the Americans, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York; National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, DC; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1972-1973

1976

  • The Hudson on the Rhine, Kuntsmuseum Dusseldorf; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, 1976

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 34, no. 240.

Inscriptions

lower right in pen and brown ink: E. Leutze / Christmas 1852

Wikidata ID

Q64559339

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