Pushing for Rail
Thomas Eakins
1874
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
13 x 30 1/16 in. (33 x 76.4 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1916
Accession Number
16.65
Tags
BirdsFirearmsMenHunting
About the Artist
Thomas Eakins · 1844–1916
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) was an American painter, photographer, and educator who carried 19th-century American Realism to its highest achievement. Based in Philadelphia throughout his life, he created uncompromising portraits and genre scenes that depicted American life with a scientific precision and psychological depth unprecedented in his time. Born into an educated Philadelphia family, Eakin...