The revenge of Thomas Eakins / Sidney D. Kirkpatrick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirkpatrick, Sidney D.

Series:

Henry McBride series in modernism and modernity.

The Henry McBride series in modernism and modernity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916.

Eakins, Thomas.

Painters--United States--Biography.

Painters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (576 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thomas Eakins was misunderstood in life, his brilliant work earned little acclaim, and hidden demons tortured and drove him. Yet the portraits he painted more than a century ago captivate us today, and he is now widely acclaimed as the finest portrait painter our nation has ever produced. This book recounts the artist's life in fascinating detail, drawing on a treasure trove of Eakins family correspondence and papers that have only recently been discovered. Never before has Thomas Eakins's story been told with such drama, clarity, and accuracy. Sidney Kirkpatrick sets the painter's life and art in the wider context of the changing world he devoted himself to portraying, and he also addresses the artist's private life-the contradictory impulses, obsessions, and possible psychological illness that fired his work. Kirkpatrick underscores Eakins's unflinching integrity as an artist and discloses how his profound appreciation of the beauty of the human form was both the source of his greatness and ultimately of his undoing. Nevertheless, the author observes, Eakins has had his "revenge," inspiring a new generation of realist painters and gaining the recognition that eluded him in life.

Contents:

The Revenge of Thomas Eakins

Front matter

Contents

introduction In Light and Shadow

Part I. Master and Apprentice

one. The Eakins Family of Philadelphia

two. Master Benjamin

three. The Art of the Penman

four. An Uncertain Future

five. The Medical Arts and the Fine Arts

six. The Pennsylvania Academy

seven. A Dangerous Young Adonis

eight. From Temple to Palace

nine. Heads and Hands

ten. Letters Home

eleven. Rough Around the Edges

twelve. The Artist and His Muse

thirteen. Picture Making

Part II. Artist and Educator

fourteen. The Road Less Traveled

fifteen. Champion Oarsman

sixteen. The Biglin Brothers Racing

seventeen. Hikers and Hunters

eighteen. Uncompromising Realism

nineteen. A Good and Decent Girl

twenty. The Blood-Covered Scalpel

twenty-one. A Degradation of Art

twenty-two. Painting Heads

twenty-three. The Unflinching Eye

twenty-four. Talk of the Town

twenty-five. Nymph in the Fountain

twenty-six. The Open Door

twenty-seven. A May Morning in the Park

twenty-eight. Jerusalem in New Jersey

twenty-nine. Tripod and Easel

thirty. Nudes and Prudes

thirty-one. The Lovely Young Men of Dove Lake

Part III. Exposed and Expelled

thirty-two. Philanthropists and Philistines

thirty-three. The Hanging Committee

thirty-four. Point of No Return

thirty-five. Demons and Demigods

thirty-six. The Family Skeleton

thirty-seven. Black Care

thirty-eight. The Bard of Camden

thirty-nine. A League of His Own

forty. Dressed and Undressed

forty-one. Portraits by a Modern Master

forty-two. Horrors of the Dissecting Table

forty-three. Casting for Commissions

forty-four. The Pied Piper of Philadelphia

Part IV. Forgiven and Forgotten

forty-five. Portrait of a Physicist

forty-six. Down for the Count

forty-seven. Outlaw in an Undershirt

forty-eight. Pictured Lives

forty-nine. Pontiffs and Prelates

fifty. Return to Rush

fifty-one. Artist in Residence

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-538) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-72195-6

9786611721954

0-300-12848-7

OCLC:

952732571