Study for "Swimming"
Thomas Eakins
July 1884
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
22.2 × 27.9 cm (8 3/4 × 11 in.)
Classification
photography
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
264670
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...