|
In association with
|
| ? |
Thomas Eakins
Author: Darrel Sewell, Thomas Eakins, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Musee D'Orsay, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Darrell Sewell
Binding: Hardcover
Published: 01 October, 2001
ISBN: 0300091117
$52.50
|
? |
Thomas Eakins
by: Darrel Sewell, Thomas Eakins, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Musee D'Orsay, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Darrell Sewell
|
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 
And research turns to wonder...:
I'm a rower in high school on the west coast, and you don't really hear much about rowing over here, since it's mostly an east coast sport. So when my history teacher started going over Thomas Eakins and showed a clip about him from a documentary with some examples of his rowing paintings, my attention was immediately captures. I decided to do my term paper on him, but I expected it to be a long and tedious process, judging from the book I got from the library (which looked plain, boring, and old), so I put... more info
A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO EAKINS THE ARTIST:
Anecdotes abound in reference to Thomas Eakins American painter, watercolorist, draftsman, photographer, and sculptor. He is remembered for relaxing after painting by working calculus problems, and shocking friends with stories of his nude models.
A skilled portraitist he painted Walt Whitman. The poet said of his likeness, "I never knew of but one artist, and that's Tom Eakins, who could resist the temptation to see what they think ought to be rather than what is."
Whitman's opinion aside, Eakins (1844... more info
Similar Products:
|
