Thomas Eakins: pictured lives: throughout his career, Eakins chose to paint individuals whose mastery of some skill, art or specialized knowledge defined their way of life. Opening in New York this month, a retrospective containing over 200 paintings and photographs reveals his own high achievement.(Critical Essay)

Art in America | June 1, 2002| | Copyright

For Thomas Eakins, the art of painting was first of all a set of difficult skills, which he used to celebrate those who had mastered some other art or craft or discipline. His first mature paintings, from 1871-74, show expert rowers at the oars of racing sculls on the Schuylkill, the river that runs through the artist's hometown of Philadelphia. Pushing for Rail (1874) shows hunters and boatmen plying their know-how in the marshlands of the Delaware River. These are the wide-open spaces of eastern Pennsylvania. Eakins's 1875 picture of a baseball player at bat trims nature to ...

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