This artist gained early attention for his engraving work, notably crafting pieces based on John Vanderlyn's Ariadne and John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence.  A hat and pair of shoes lay on the ground in his Capture of Major Andre, while a recent exhibit showed off h
This artist gained early attention for his engraving work, notably crafting pieces based on John Vanderlyn's Ariadne and John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence.  A hat and pair of shoes lay on the ground in his Capture of Major Andre, while a recent exhibit showed off his uniquely humorous work, Dance on the Battery in the Presence of Peter (+) Stuyvesant. A flock of birds fly away from the title figure who stretches out his arms in front of cheetahs and lions in this artist's God's Judgment Upon Gog.  He championed the cause of Manifest (*) Destiny by placing railroads and steamboats alongside awestruck Indians in his massive Progress (The Advance of Civilization).  His best known work will soon be coming to the Walton Family Foundation Museum after being purchased from the New York Public Library, was commissioned for Jonathan Sturges and shows his mentor standing with William Cullen Bryant in the Catskills.  FTP, name this New York artist best known for 1849's Kindred Spirits.
This artist gained early attention for his engraving work, notably crafting pieces based on John Vanderlyn's Ariadne and John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence.  
Asher Brown {Durand} [1]