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The Swimming Hole (also known as Swimming and The Old Swimming Hole) is an 1884–85 painting by the American artist Thomas Eakins (1844–1916), Goodrich catalog #190, in the collection of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas.
Photograph of Thomas Eakins c. 1882 This is a list of professionally authenticated paintings, drawings, and sculptures by Thomas Eakins (1844–1916). As there is no catalogue raisonné of Eakins' works, this is an aggregation of existing published catalogs. Background During his lifetime, Thomas Eakins sold few paintings. On his death, ownership of his unsold works passed to his widow, Susan ...
Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins (/ ˈ eɪ k ɪ n z /; July 25, 1844 – June 25, 1916) was an American realist painter, photographer, [1] sculptor, and fine arts educator. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important American artists.
Detail of Schmitt. Note the riggers.. Max Schmitt (1843–1900) had attended Philadelphia Central High School with Eakins, and the two were close friends. Schmitt was a member of the Pennsylvania Barge Club – as, it is presumed, was Eakins – one of nine men's clubs in the Schuylkill Navy, and twelve that rowed on the river.
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Some of the photographs were used as studies for subsequent works, including those of nude young men swimming and relaxing on the shore of Dove Lake for the painting The Swimming Hole (1884–85). Eakins's models for Arcadia were his former student and soon-to-be wife, Susan Macdowell , his teaching assistant at PAFA, J. Laurie Wallace , and ...
Sure, Zac Efron is getting all the attention this week for strutting his stuff in an American flag Speedo, but long before we had Zac, we had Prince William.