Louis Husson
Thomas Eakins
1899
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 61 x 50.9 cm (24 x 20 1/16 in.) framed: 76.2 x 66 x 6.7 cm (30 x 26 x 2 5/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Katharine Husson Horstick
Accession Number
1957.2.1
About the Artist
Thomas Eakins · 1844–1916
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) was an American painter, photographer, and educator who carried 19th-century American Realism to its highest achievement. Based in Philadelphia throughout his life, he created uncompromising portraits and genre scenes that depicted American life with a scientific precision and psychological depth unprecedented in his time. Born into an educated Philadelphia family, Eakin...