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American Progress, 1872
John Gast (b. 21 December 1842 in Berlin, Prussia – d. 26 July 1896 in Brooklyn) was an American painter and lithographer.
His most famous work is American Progress (1872), but little is known about his life.
Bibliography
- Obituary in the Brooklyn Eagle, July 27, 1896, p. 7, c. 2.
External links
Biography of John Gast on askart.com.
John Gast, American Progress, 1872, essay by Martha A. Sandweiss on City University of New York website.
Two lithographies by John Gast on Library of Congress website.
Entry in Goulding's New York City directory (1877), listing him as GAST JOHN, artist & lithographer, 39 Park pl. h B'klyn
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- 1842 births
- 1896 deaths
- 19th-century American painters
- American lithographers
- American male painters
- Artists from Berlin
- Artists from Brooklyn
- Prussian emigrants to the United States
- American painter, 19th-century birth stubs
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