Arcadia #5 is a painting by Thomas Eakins which was uploaded on July 17th, 2020.
Arcadia #5
Like other academically trained American artists in the 1880s, Eakins explored classical themes but without the typical narrative contrivances and... more
Title
Arcadia #5
Artist
Thomas Eakins
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
Like other academically trained American artists in the 1880s, Eakins explored classical themes but without the typical narrative contrivances and idealized models. Dating from the time of his appointment as director of the school of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Eakins’s series of Arcadian works declared his commitment to the nude as the basis of art and art instruction. To execute this work, he projected photographic images with a magic lantern onto the canvas, and incised reference marks into the pigment to guide his brush. The female figure at left has been identified as Susan Macdowell, the artist’s future wife
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July 17th, 2020
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