3 Thomas Eakins, Home Scene, c. 1870–71

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TitleHome Scene

Creator nameEakins, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1871

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions21 11/16 x 18 1/16 in. (55.1 x 45.9 cm)

LocationBrooklyn Museum, New York

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1026

Accession number50.115

SubjectsMusical instruments in artSisters in artChildren in artRealism in artPainting, American--19th century

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Chapter 5: The Concert Singer

Elizabeth Johns

Thomas Eakins: The Heroism of Modern Life

FROM HIS earliest years Eakins had been drawn to music, the most fleeting and intangible of experiences. Throughout a career that brought him perhaps more than his share of public affronts...

Author

Elizabeth Johns

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.115-143

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00346.5

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Chapter subject tags:Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916Musicians in artPastoral artCowboys--Songs and music

1. Eakins’ Early Years: An Introduction

Helen A. Cooper

Thomas Eakins: The Rowing Pictures

On Independence Day, 1870, Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins (1844–1916) returned to his native Philadelphia after three and a half years of rigorous artistic training in Europe (fig. 1). The date was auspicious: bristling with ambition, fearless and passionate, the twenty-six-year-old was eager to begin life as a professional artist in his own land.

Author

Helen A. Cooper

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

Related print edition pages: pp.12-22

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00169.006

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Chapter subject tags:Rowing in artPainting, American--19th centuryEakins, Thomas, 1844-1916Philadelphia (Pa.)--History

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