Focus on this artwork and analyze the abstract.
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 Brooklyn, New York. American Progress, an allegory of manifest destiny, was widely disseminated in chromolithographic prints. It is now held by the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles, California.
John Gast 1872 manifest destiny chromolithographic prints Brooklyn Prussian Los Angeles Autry Museum of the American West Prussia lithographer