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Artist: Thomas Eakins
A single sculler holds his oars on the Schuylkill River, while another rower pulls away in the middle distance. Thomas Eakins painted the scene in 1871, and the supplied record identifies the champion in the foreground as Max Schmitt. This short tour looks at how the picture turns a quiet stretch of river into a portrait of a champion and his sport.
Artist: Thomas Eakins
A gallery guide's reading of Thomas Eakins's 1875 group portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross, pausing over a surgical demonstration in a Philadelphia amphitheater. The guide connects the painting's subject and setting to the composition, light and gesture that carry its meaning, while noting where the available record leaves questions open.
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