Washington Crossing the Delaware is a painting by Larry Rivers. In his 1992 autobiography, What did I Do? Mr Rivers describes how he came to create the work of art.
Tolstoy's novel was not something I could see, not a figure or a landscape, a church or a mountainside. By meshing Napoleon's invasion of Russia with contemporary life, Tolstoy set me on a course that produced Washington Crossing the Delaware.... This work was going to take my style of painting, charcoal drawing and rag wiping, to a new height. The mixture of grand art and absurdity was with me from the beginning.... branded a rebel against the rebellious abstract expressionists, which made me a reactionary.- AsNotedIn
Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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1953/00/00 | Larry Rivers | Painter | Washington Crossing the Delaware - created | ||||
1953/00/00 | After reading Tolstoy's War and Peace, Larry Rivers is inspired to paint the most controversial painting of our time |
Particulars for Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Larry Rivers: | |||
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Art Attribute | American Art | ||
Art Medium | Charcoal | ||
Art Medium | Linen | ||
Art Medium | Oil | ||
Art Type | Painting | art of using colored substance to create a picture |
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