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Eye Candy for Today: Eakins sculls

The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), Thomas Eakins In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use Fullscreen link. One of Eakins’ fascinating exercises in river surface perspective on the Schuylkill River here in Philadelphia. This area of the river is still commonly Read More …

Eakins’ The Gross Clinic – held for ransom?

Philadelphia, like many great cities, is intimately associated particular artists. Perhaps foremost among them is Thomas Eakins, undisputedly one of America’s greatest painters. (See my previous post on Eakins.) Eakin’s acknowledged masterpiece is a painting titled The Gross Clinic (Wikipedia article and image), it depicts Read More …