Thomas Eakins
American, 1844–1916
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Eakins studied in Paris under Jean-Léon Gérôme and was impressed in Spain by Velázquez and Ribera, then returned to Philadelphia, where he spent his life. He painted rowers, boxers and his city’s doctors and scholars with a frank realism grounded in anatomy, perspective and, later, photography. A demanding teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, he was forced to resign in 1886 over his use of nude models. Max Schmitt in a Single Scull was the first of his rowing pictures.
Written by Ochre Editions.
- In the collection
- 9 worksDated 1871–1908
- Mostly
- Painting, Watercolor
- Movement
- RealismOrdinary people and working lives, painted as they were, from the 1840s on.
