A master eye for detail Oct 7, 2008
douard Vuillard, Corot, Pierre Bonnard, Thomas Eakins and John Singer Sargent became particular favourites and he has painted himself since the early 1950s, primarily as a watercolorist depicting beach scenes at Coney Island, roller coasters, garment-trade workers, bleachers and exterior scenes of Venice and Rome. Although he has had dozens of one-man shows of these paintings, they've never superseded the caricatures in popularity or acclaim. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Picturing America: N.E.H. grant puts faces on Americas past Sep 25, 2008
By Elizabeth Yerkes / The Mystic River Press A poster-sized print of Thomas Eakins' "John Biglin in a Single Scull (1873)" now hangs in Cutler Middle School's library. Photo by Elizabeth Yerkes/MRP. (Westerly Sun, RI)
New Historical Markers Recognize Pittsburgh Civil War Fort and Renowned Candy Maker's First Store in Philadelphia Mar 27, 2008
Many prominent artists, including Thomas Eakins and N. C. Wyeth, have been members over the years. The club has exposed the public to many important artists and their works through its sponsored exhibitions. (PR Newswire)
Manly virtues: An innovative exhibition looks at a vanishing ideal Mar 22, 2008
" Masters and Muses, focused on the male creative artist, is one category in Model American Men. Others are Boys to Men, Gentlemen, The Strenuous Life, and Brothers in Arms. Each includes images of a particular area of male activity, from art to warfare. The three-dozen pieces in the show encompass a wide variety of styles and subject matter. In Brothers in Arms, military recruitment posters by James Montgomery Flagg, Henry Reuterdahl and Laurence S. Harris promise the model American both... (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
Roanoke gets new avant-garde art museum Mar 7, 2008
The museum now displays less than 6 percent of its permanent collection, which includes works of 19th and 20th century American art by Thomas Eakins, Norman Rockwell, John Singer Sargent and Winslow Homer and contemporary works by Jacob Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Sally Mann. Each gallery will be distinctive. (MSNBC -- Travel)
First Exhibitions of 2008 at the Addison Gallery Range from Mid-Century Architecture to New England Landscapes Jan 17, 2008
Opened in 1931, the Gallery has one of the most important collections of American art in the country that includes more than 16,000 works by prominent American artists such as George Bellows, John Singleton Copley, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Georgia OKeeffe and Jackson Pollock, as well as photographers Eadweard Muybridge, Walker Evans, Robert Frank and many more. The Addison Gallery, located on the campus of Phillips Academy in Andover, offers a continually rotating series of exhibitions... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Robert Henri Jan 14, 2008
Henri first studied at Philadelphia s Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under the famed painter Thomas Eakins, who insisted that his students draw live nudes rather than plaster models. This stance greatly impressed Henri, who would credit Eakins love of realism as having a major influence on his work. (Suite101.com)
History of Photography Exhibitions Nov 28, 2007
Twenty-nine photographers are represented in this presentation, including Jean-Louis-Marie-Eugne Durieu (1800-1874), Thomas Eakins (1844-1916), Impressionist painter Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), Man Ray (1890-1976), Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976), Diane Arbus (1923-1971) and Chuck Close (b. 1940). (Suite101.com)
In Brooklyn, Carib art show aims to be good neighbor and good art Sep 27, 2007
--"Brushed With Light: American Landscape Watercolors From the Collection," Brooklyn Museum, through Jan. 13: There are a lot of well-known names in this exhibit of 80 works, such as Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins and Edward Hopper. --"Piranesi as Designer," Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, through Jan. 20: Piranesi was a printmaker in the 18th century, and was highly influential on both his contemporaries as well as on architects today. (North County Times)
Architectural Grandeur Sep 14, 2007
"The biggest spectator sport was rowing. Thomas Eakins grew up here and was friends with rowers. After the Civil War, the boat houses were rebuilt, and ice skating was a popular sport as well." Leaving the interpretive center, we take the "walk of history," where the Leni Lenape marked their favorite fishing sites with piles of stones. In fact, the day of the tour, city residents were actively fishing. (South Brunswick Post, NJ)
* Portrait of the artist as curator, and the dealer as artist Jul 12, 2007
Then the fat-cat complacency of those men is countered by Thomas Eakins' astounding 1913 portrait of the anatomy professor Edward Anthony Spitzka, whose introspective face, defined by rough little patches of paint, seems at once flayed and Cubist. A wood sculpture by Martin Puryear teeters like an elegant swan between a still life by Marsden Hartley and an inverted pair of trousers spread-eagled on a wire grid by Antoni Tapies, linking them through the use of wood, soft-toned shades of brown and... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Anonymous art donor comes forth May 9, 2007
The Gallery has also benefited from Wilmerding's philanthropy: In 2004, he from the 19th century by artists such as Frederic Edwin Church, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Martin Johnson Heade and George Caleb Bingham to its collection. "I decided to do it in my lifetime, instead of in a dreary obituary that I would never read," Wilmerding told the Princeton Weekly Bulletin about his donation to the National Gallery in 2004. (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
Highway chairman: New revenues needed for state's roadways May 6, 2007
"As the states struggle to find revenue sources and the feds struggle to help the states find revenue sources, there's not a lot of places to go to ... Those are fighting words to a lot of people, including the trucking community, but years down the road I don't think we're going to have a lot of choice but to consider those options.The Legislature appropriated $80 million for road improvements during this year's legislative session and $56 million of that will go to the highway department,... (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Alice Walton holds private dedication for Crystal Bridges May 4, 2007
The museum, which will feature American art, has already acquired a number of works, including Asher B- Durand's "Kindred Spirits," Thomas Eakins' "Portrait of Professor Benjamin H- Rand" and a portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart. Walton says northwest Arkansas' "unsurpassed natural beauty" and the quality of life make it a proper place for the museum. (KSLA.com, LA)
Leonore Annenberg To Be Presented The 2006 Philadelphia Award Apr 25, 2007
Mrs. Annenberg was instrumental in keeping Thomas Eakins' The Gross Clinic in Philadelphia, inspiring countless others to contribute to this successful and unprecedented effort. She was a lead supporter of the 150th year celebration of the Academy of Music and, at her invitation, Prince Charles visited Philadelphia and met with many people engaged in the civic life of the community. (PR Newswire)
On the prowl for visitors Apr 18, 2007
But it also showed the cost to some institutions, Dewan said, citing the need to "deaccession," or sell, other works of art to save the Thomas Eakins painting. The zoo, on the other hand, cannot and would not sell off certain animals to pay for others, said Dewan. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
Walton-backed museum lands different Eakins painting Apr 13, 2007
- The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art didn't get the Thomas Eakins painting its Wal-Mart heiress founder wanted from Thomas Jefferson University at Philadelphia, but has agreed to buy another of Eakins' works from the school. Last year, community efforts in Philadelphia succeeded in raising $68 million to keep Eakins' masterpiece, "The Gross Clinic," in its hometown after Thomas Jefferson University announced that Crystal Bridges founder Alice Walton and the National Gallery of Art in... (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Imaginary Solutions Mar 23, 2007
Fans of Thomas Eakins, Marcel Duchamp, James Joyce, Vincent van Gogh and Henri Matisse will also find homage paid to their heroes here. In the extensive catalog accompanying the exhibit, curator Michael C. Taylor places Mr. Chimes closer to the statement of Duchamp "Where do we go from here? The great artist of tomorrow will go underground" than to Andy Warhol's "In the future everybody will be world famous for 15 minutes." Mr. Chimes attended Warhol's 1965 opening at the Institute of... (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)
County board joins fight to keep Barnes Mar 9, 2007
Those factors included the fairly recent discovery that $100 million had been set aside in a state capital budget even before the Barnes went to court, and the Philadelphia art community's response to the potential sale and removal of Thomas Eakins' master painting, Ellis said. In an interview, he added that it is not too late to intervene. (Ardmore Main Line Life, PA)
Rockwell's 'Lincoln the Railsplitter' bought for $1.6 million Jan 30, 2007
The Butler has more than 20,000 items, including works by Mary Cassatt, Edward Hopper, John James Audubon, Thomas Eakins, George Bellows and Robert Vonnoh. . (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
A high-voltage collection Jan 24, 2007
Thomas Eakins' portrait of scientist George F. Barker pays homage to a Philadelphia intellectual who stood by the painter when he had been ostracized by Philadelphia society. Julian Alden Weir, a contemporary of Eakins, represented the Paris-trained cadre of American artists who only gradually embraced the impressionist style. (Orlando Sentinel)
Sargent's seldom seen watercolors shown Jan 19, 2007
The Met's survey encompasses works by James McNeill Whistler, Mary Cassatt, Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer, who like Sargent studied under the French masters at the dawn of impressionism. Born in Florence, Italy, in 1856 to expatriate American parents, Sargent grew up in Europe and learned its languages and customs while traveling widely with his family. (Yahoo News -- Art and Museums)
Biographer William S. McFeely paints a new portrait of Thomas Eakins Jan 8, 2007
William S. McFeely uses the artist's paintings to tell the story of Thomas Eakins ... CAMBRIDGE -- With Thomas Eakins's portraits, as with Rembrandt's, you look at the enigmatic faces and can't but wonder what is going on behind those weary eyes ... It is as true of Eakins himself, as William S. McFeely discovered in writing his new book, "Portrait: A Life of Thomas Eakins.". (Boston Globe)
'Gross Clinic' heads to Philly museum Jan 5, 2007
PHILADELPHIA - Thomas Eakins' masterpiece, "The Gross Clinic," which almost left the city until an intense fundraising drive raised about $30 million to keep it, will be on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art starting Friday. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo News -- Art and Museums)
