Thomas Eakins: His Life and Art

ISBN-10: 1558592814
ISBN-13: 9781558592810
Series: Thomas Eakins
Category: Art / Individual Artists / General
Pages: 276
Language: English
Published: 1992
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Author: William Innes Homer

Description

The range of Thomas Eakins' (1844-1916) work is dazzling - handsome sporting scenes (sculling, swimming, baseball, boxing..), dramatic historical tableaux, psychologically incisive portraits, as well as sculptures and scientifically astute experiments with photography. His influence as both artist and teacher permeates American art history.

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Other editions

Thomas Eakins: Art, Medicine, and Sexuality in Nineteenth-century Philadelphia
- 2007-01-01
- 194 pages
- Paperback
- Yale University Press
Thomas Eakins: The Absolute Male
- 2002
- 80 pages
- Paperback
- Universe Pub.
Thomas Eakins
- 2001
- 446 pages
- Paperback
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
Thomas Eakins
- 2001
- 446 pages
- Paperback
- Philadelphia Museum (PA)

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