The Writing Master
Thomas Eakins
1882
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
30 x 34 1/4 in. (76.2 x 87 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.173
Tags
MenPortraitsWritingAuthors
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...