The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake, Thomas Eakins, 1873
Thomas Eakins, retratoThomas EakinsEstados Unidos, 1844–1916

The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake

1873 · Drawing

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¿Dónde está «The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake» hoy? Colección: Museo de Arte de Cleveland, Cleveland. No expuesta por ahora. Comprobado 29 de septiembre de 2026.

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Cleveland, Estados Unidos

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Before beginning a large-scale painting such as The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake, Eakins began a series of specialized studies. He outlined the space of the composition with perspective drawings, such as this sketch in graphite. Eakins also used figure studies when rendering a work, as well as landscape and architectural drawings and his own photographs (examples of which are elsewhere in the exhibition). The practice of using perspective drawings to work out the space of a painting dates back to the Renaissance, revealing Eakins’s academic training.

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1942.1066

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En la vida de Thomas Eakins

La vida entera
  1. 1870–1916 · Lugar de trabajo

    Philadelphia

  2. 1874

    Engaged to Kathrin Crowell

    Eakins became engaged to Kathrin Crowell, the sitter of his first large portrait; the engagement lasted five years, until her death.

  3. 1875

    Meets Susan Macdowell

    At the Hazeltine Gallery, where “The Gross Clinic” was on show, Eakins met the 25-year-old Susan Macdowell, daughter of a Philadelphia engraver. Unlike many, she was impressed by the painting and went to study with him at the Academy for six years, winning the Mary Smith Prize for the best painting by a woman student.

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