Study for "William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River"
Thomas Eakins
1876–77
Medium
Oil on canvas mounted on board
Dimensions
35.9 × 28.6 cm (14 1/8 × 11 1/4 in.)
Classification
painting
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
28860
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...