Singing a Pathetic Song
Thomas Eakins
1881
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 114.3 × 81.8 cm (45 × 32 3/16 in.) framed: 132.7 × 100.3 × 8.3 cm (52 1/4 × 39 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund)
Accession Number
2014.79.19
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...