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4	Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816 – July 18, 1868) was a German-born American {{painter\|s}} who specialized in historical {{paintings}}, mostly those involving the early history of the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates.
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6	Born in the [[UsefulNotes/AllTheLittleGermanies German principality]] of [[UsefulNotes/TheSixteenLandsOfDeutschland Wurttemberg]], his family moved to the United States when he was young. He got started early in painting to support himself after his father died by painting portraits. Later he became more skilled in painting and planned to create portraits of American statesmen, but that had never come to fruition. He ended up studying the works of arts in Europe and found success as an artist in Dusseldorf.
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8	A supporter of the UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}an [[UsefulNotes/RevolutionsOf1848 revolutions in 1848]], he tried to encourage the revolutionaries by showing them the examples of the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution Americans' success]] and painted ''[[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington Washington]] Crossing the Delaware'', the painting he was best known for. He continued to work on historical painting of the United States until his death in 1868.
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10	!!Associated Tropes:
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12	* AnachronismStew: ''Washington Crossing the Delaware'' had an American soldier waving an American flag that was first used in 1777, while the event shown took place in ''1776''.
13	* ArtisticLicenseHistory: ''Washington Crossing the Delaware'' alone had at least a dozen historical inaccuracies.
14	* DiedDuringProduction: When he died, he was preparing to create a painting based on UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar.
15	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The names of many of his paintings; such as ''Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth''.
16	* PatrioticFervor: One of the most notable thing of his works.

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