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American Progress - Wikipedia American Progress is an 1872 painting by John Gast, a Prussian -born painter, printer, and lithographer who lived and worked during the 1870s in Brooklyn, New York American Progress, an allegory of manifest destiny, was widely disseminated in chromolithographic prints
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
Art Analysis: American Progress by John Gast, 1872 Use this Primary Source activity after students have an understanding of westward expansion and Manifest Destiny to allow them to analyze the different aspects of the painting through the lens of the groups who settled the western parts of the United States
American Progress, (painting) - Smithsonian Institution She is the figure of "Progress" and on her forehead is a gold star, the "Star of Empire " In her proper right arm she holds a book, and telegraph wire is looped around her elbow
American Progress | Who Built America? American Progress was painted by Brooklyn artist John Gast in 1872, but it was actually two technological developments and one man, George Crofutt, that made this iconic, romanticized image of white western settlement possible
John Gast (painter) - usa-painter. org John Gast (painter) is a significant figure in American art history, primarily known for his iconic painting "American Progress " Created in 1872, this artwork encapsulates the spirit of westward expansion and the ideals of Manifest Destiny
American Progress (1872; United States) by John Gast “American Progress” is a vivid and compelling symbolic painting that illustrates the concept of Manifest Destiny, the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the United States throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable
“American Progress” by John Gast | American History American Progress, the 1872 painting by John Gast, is perhaps the most iconic portrayal of Manifest Destiny in the United States of America Beginning with Thomas Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the young nation began to turn its eyesight towards westward expansion