Homer, William Innes — Thomas Eakins: His Life and Art

New York, Abbeville Press, 2002. Second edition. Hardbound. Black with color illustrated DJ. Gray cloth with Black stamped cover and spine titles. 276 pp. profusely illustrated in color and bw. A rich source of information and illustrations on American realist Thomas Eakins (1844-1916), whose "willful independence as both artist and teacher often entangled him in controversy. His many battles with a hidebound Establishment have led previous writers to romanticize him as a martyr of American art. [This] revisionist study of Eakins's career -- based both on long years of research and on newly discovered visual and documentary sources -- knocks off the artist's halo without diminishing the brilliance or the imporatnce of his art. The myth-making that has long obscured this intensely private artist is cleared away to provide a much-needed re-evaluation of his strong-will character and profoundly satisfying art." (dj)c Contents as follows: Beginnings -- Paris and Spain -- Philadelphia -- In search of patrons and independence -- Eakins as theorist -- Eakins as teacher -- Scandal -- The cowboys and the poet -- Late work and belated honors. As New still in shrinkwrap .