The full range of Thomas Eakins's art - lively sporting scenes, psychologically incisive portraits, dramatic historical tableaux, as well as numerous sculptures and innovative photographs - is explored in revealing detail in this critical biography. This edition adds an appendix discussing discoveries about Eakins's use of photography and a bibliographical addendum. Professor Homer explains Eakins's working methods through telling comparisons between his paintings and the photographs and drawings that were part of his creative process. Drawing on previously undiscovered primary sources, Homer paints a nuanced portrait of the career of this controversial artist, who was too frequently seen as a victim of the establishment. The result is a publication which helps to demythologize Eakins without diminishing his brilliance or importance.
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"The "definitive biography of Eakins" - New Yorker "Homer's book... has an immediacy and a vividness that are rare in scholarly publications, and it makes the reader feel that he or she has actually met the painter and watched him at work." - Choice "Thomas Eakins: His Art and Life is... clearly and economically written, handsomely produced, and very well illustrated.... This is an excellent, thorough, balanced, and... timely introduction to Eakins." - New York Times Book Review
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William Innes Homer is the H. Rodney Sharp Professor Emeritus and former Chairman of the Department of Art History at the University of Delaware. He was a consultant and catalogue author for the Philadelphia Museum of Art's 2001-2 exhibition "Thomas Eakins" and is currently preparing an edition of Eakins's complete letters.
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