Thomas Eakins

American, 1844 - 1916

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American painter (1844–1916)

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Thomas Eakins, The Chaperone, c. 1908, oil on canvas, Gift of John Wilmerding, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.34.1

The Chaperone

Thomas Eakins · c. 1908 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1991.34.1

Thomas Eakins, Annie C. Lochrey Husson (Mrs. Louis Husson), c. 1905, oil on canvas, Gift of Katharine Husson Horstick, 1957.2.2

Annie C. Lochrey Husson (Mrs. Louis Husson)

Thomas Eakins · c. 1905 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1957.2.2

Thomas Eakins, Archbishop Diomede Falconio, 1905, oil on canvas, Gift of Stephen C. Clark, 1946.16.1

Archbishop Diomede Falconio

Thomas Eakins · 1905 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1946.16.1

Thomas Eakins, Rear Admiral George W. Melville, 1905, oil on canvas, Gift (Partial and Promised) of Senator and Mrs. H. John Heinz III, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.33.1

Rear Admiral George W. Melville

Thomas Eakins · 1905 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1991.33.1

Thomas Eakins, Harriet Husson Carville (Mrs. James G. Carville), 1904, oil on canvas, Gift of Elizabeth O. Carville, 1976.27.1

Harriet Husson Carville (Mrs. James G. Carville)

Thomas Eakins · 1904 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1976.27.1

Thomas Eakins, Louis Husson, 1899, oil on canvas, Gift of Katharine Husson Horstick, 1957.2.1

Louis Husson

Thomas Eakins · 1899 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1957.2.1

Thomas Eakins, William H. Macdowell, 1884, platinum print, Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund, 2016.173.1

William H. Macdowell

Thomas Eakins · 1884 · platinum print ·  Accession ID  2016.173.1

Thomas Eakins, Arcadia, model 1883, bronze, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn), 2014.136.297

Arcadia

Thomas Eakins · model 1883 · bronze ·  Accession ID  2014.136.297

Thomas Eakins, Ecorché: Relief of a Horse (Josephine), c. 1882, painted plaster, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld, in honor of John Wilmerding, 2004.145.1

Ecorché: Relief of a Horse (Josephine)

Thomas Eakins · c. 1882 · painted plaster ·  Accession ID  2004.145.1

A woman with dark hair pulled up in a bun, wearing a long, muted lilac-purple silk dress, stands singing in front of woman playing a piano and a man playing a cello in a dimly lit room in this vertical painting. All the people have pale skin. Light falls from our left onto the singing woman and the musicians sit in shadow behind her. The singing woman’s body is angled to our right, almost in profile, and she looks up and off into the distance with the light illuminating the curve of her forehead and right cheek. She has dark eyes, an oval face, and her lips are parted. She holds a sheet of paper, presumably music, down at her waist. Her pale purple dress is edged with lace at the neck and cuffs. A ruffle runs down the side of her floor-length skirt, and a ruffle lines the bottom hem around her feet. A train affixed to the back of the dress rests on the floor behind her. Both musicians face our right in profile. To our left, the man playing the cello has a white beard and hair, and he wears a dark suit and glasses. To our right, the woman at the piano wears a dark dress, and her dark hair is pulled up. The singing woman stands on a brick-red, patterned area rug, and the wall behind her is papered with sunflowers loosely sapced against a mottled, gold and caramel-brown background. A tall, light blue vase sits on a mantlepiece along the left edge, next to the cello player. A gold-framed picture hangs on the wall over the pianist.
Thomas Eakins, Singing a Pathetic Song, 1881, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund), 2014.79.19

Singing a Pathetic Song

Thomas Eakins · 1881 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2014.79.19

Bibliography

1974

  • Hendicks, Gordon. The Life and Works of Thomas Eakins. New York, 1974.

1982

  • Goodrich, Lloyd. Thomas Eakins. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982.

1983

  • Johns, Elizabeth. Thomas Eakins: the Heroism of Modern Life. Princeton, 1983.

1992

  • Homer, William Innes. Thomas Eakins: His Life and Art. New York, 1992.

1996

  • Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 156-157.