Thomas Eakins: The Heroism of Modern Life
Softcover
1983 · Princeton, New Jersey
by Johns, Elizabeth
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1983. Softcover. VG- (light foxing along text block, pages are otherwise clean and clear.). Black & color illustrated wraps; 207 pp. 16 color, 124 bw repros. Considers well the life and work of American realist painter Thomas Eakins (1844-1916). "Examines Thomas Easkins in the cultural context of his era, late nineteenth-century America. Of the many themes that informed that rich era, several illuminate Easkins' career so clearly as to place him -- and his achievement -- in a bright light. I will set them forth in this study." (preface) Includes a biliographic essay at the end. Terrific plates, and lots of them. Contents include: 1. Eakins, modern life, and the portrait -- 2. Max Schmitt in a single scull, or The champion single sculls -- 3. The Gross Clinic, or Portrait of professor Gross -- 4. William Rush carving his allegorical figure of the Schuylkill River -- 5. The concert singer -- 6. Walt Whitman. (Inventory #: 1717)