 | Thomas Eakins: The Heroism of Modern Life Subjects: Eakins Thomas 1844-1916; Painting Modern -- 19th century -- United States -- Themes motives; Painting -- Psychological aspects; 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. |
