
John Gast (painter) - Wikipedia
John Gast (21 December 1842 in Berlin, Prussia – 26 July 1896 in Brooklyn) was a Prussian-born American painter and lithographer. His most famous work is American Progress (1872); this painting and many of his drawings are found in the Autry Museum of …
Picturing US History - John Gast, American Progress, 1872
John Gast, a Brooklyn based painter and lithographer, painted this picture in 1872 on commission for George Crofutt, the publisher of a popular series of western travel guides. Few Americans saw the actual painting, but many encountered it in reproduction.
American Progress - Wikipedia
American Progress is an 1872 painting by John Gast, a Prussian-born painter, printer, and lithographer who lived and worked most of his life during 1870s in Brooklyn, New York. American Progress, an allegory of manifest destiny, was widely disseminated in chromolithographic prints.
The Forgotten John Gast - Graphic Arts
2021年8月9日 · John Gast, a pioneer of the “three-colour” process, died in Brooklyn, N.Y., July 26th, aged fifty-five years. He was born in Berlin, but the family settled in St. Louis. Young Gast returned to Berlin to complete his education.
Art Analysis: American Progress by John Gast, 1872
George Crofutt, a publisher of a popular series of western travel guides, commissioned Brooklyn-based artist John Gast to create “American Progress” in 1872. Crofutt reproduced the painting in his guidebooks; though the image is rich in detail, most Americans would have seen the image at just 12.75 – 16.75 inches.
John Gast - University of Idaho
"In John Gast's 'American Progress,' a diaphanously and precariously clad American floats westward thru the air with the "Star of Empire" on her forehead. She has left the cities of the East behind, and the wide Mississippi, and still her course is westward.
American Progress · Textbook
2016年9月28日 · John Gast was a Prussian-born painter, printer and lithographer who lived and worked in Brooklyn, New York. His most famous painting, American Progress, allegorically represents the modernization of the New West. The painting features Columbia, a popular contemporary female personification of the United States, leading “civilization” westward.
美国的进步 - 约翰·加斯特 | FeelTheArt
《美国进步》是约翰·加斯特(John Gast)于1872年创作的一幅画作,约翰·加斯特是一位出生于普鲁士的画家、印刷商和平版画家,他一生中大部分时间都在纽约布鲁克林生活和工作。
John Gast - 1000Museums
Gast helped launch the New York Daily Graphic in Brooklyn and later established an independent lithograph firm: Gast and Company. He invented the three-color lithograph process, a printing technique that enables the printer to use more colors in a single print.
American Progress, (painting) - Smithsonian Institution
(Lower right:) John Gast 1872 signed The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.