The Pathetic Song
Thomas Eakins
1881
Medium
Watercolor on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
16 3/4 x 11 3/16 in. (42.5 x 28.4 cm)
Classification
Watercolor
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Joan Whitney Payson, 1975
Accession Number
1976.201.1
Tags
MenWomenSingingPianos
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...