Eakins – Gallery
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) is considered one of the greatest American painters of the late nineteenth century. Born in Philadelphia, Eakins spent most of his life there and supported himself by teaching art.
John Biglin in a Single Scull
(1874)
Oil on canvas
62 x 41 cm.
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
The Artist's Wife and His Setter Dog
(c.1884-89)
Oil on canvas
76 x 58 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull)
(1871)
Oil on canvas
82 x 118 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Gross Clinic (Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross)
(1875)
Oil on canvas
244 x 198 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton
1900
Oil on canvas
208 x 107 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Circle of Thomas Eakins,
Naked Series: Thomas Eakins
(c.1883)
7 albumen prints mounted on card
Philadelphia Museum of Art
William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River
(1876-7)
Oil on canvas mounted on masonite
51 x 66 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art
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