Thomas Eakins / organized by Darrel Sewell with essays by Kathleen A. Foster ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sewell, Darrel, 1939-

Contributor:

Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916.

Foster, Kathleen A.

Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Musée d'Orsay.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916--Exhibitions.

Eakins, Thomas.

Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

xli, 446 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, [2001]

Summary:

This insightful book--published in conjunction with a major exhibition on Eakins--presents a fresh perspective on the artist and his remarkable accomplishments. Lavishly illustrated with more than 250 paintings, watercolors, drawings, and sculpture, the book features essays by prominent scholars who place his art in the context of the history and culture of late 19th century.

Notes:

Exhibition held at Philadelphia Museum of Art, Oct. 4, 2001 to Jan. 6, 2002, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Feb. 5 to May 12, 2002, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 18 to Sept. 15, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-436) and index.

ISBN:

0876331436

0876331428

0300091117

OCLC:

47785680