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Thomas Eakins: The Heroism of Modern Life

Elizabeth Johns

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Why did Thomas Eakins, now considered the foremost American painter of the nineteenth century, make portraiture his main field in an era when other major artists disdained such a choice? With a rich discussion of the cultural and vocational context of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Elizabeth Johns answers this question.

Language: English

Pages: 328

Format: Paperback

Release: January 01, 1983

ISBN 13: 9780691002880

Thomas Eakins: The Heroism of Modern Life

Elizabeth Johns

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Why did Thomas Eakins, now considered the foremost American painter of the nineteenth century, make portraiture his main field in an era when other major artists disdained such a choice? With a rich discussion of the cultural and vocational context of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Elizabeth Johns answers this question.

Language: English

Pages: 328

Format: Paperback

Release: January 01, 1983

ISBN 13: 9780691002880

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