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Biglin Brothers Racing
29in x 21in / More
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Starting Out After Rail, c.1874
11in x 14in
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The Fairman Rogers' Coach and Four
24in x 18in / More
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Biography: Thomas Eakins was born in 1844 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in 1916, aged 71, also in Philadelphia. He studied mechanical drawing in high school, before studying drawing and anatomy at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1866 he traveled to Paris, where he studied painting under Jean-Leon Gerome and Leon Bonnat. His paintings of rowers and scullers upon returning to America showed his mastery over the figure, perspective, landscape, and realist painting techniques. He also frequently painted portraits, often of family members or friends, presented unsentimentally. He later returned to the Pannsylvania Academy to teach, becoming its director in 1882, but was dismissed due to a scandal over a male model appearing without a loin cloth, with female students present. Many of his students split off to form the Philadelphia Art Students' League, where he subsequently taught. Eakins and Winslow Homer are considered to be the two greatest 19th century American Realists. Check out our Custom Framing options! Satisfaction is guaranteed.* Orders are 100% secure.* Click any thumbnail to view a larger version or make a purchase.

Thomas Eakins Hi-Res Giclee Prints

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