Portrait of Mary Adeline Williams
Thomas Eakins · 1899 · Oil on canvas
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Portrait of Mary Adeline Williams is a public-domain painting by Thomas Eakins, dated 1899. Oil on canvas. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Portrait of Mary Adeline Williams” (1899) is something Eakins wanted observed rather than idealized: a body, a boat, a clinic, studied with anatomy and sometimes with photographs.
About the artist
Thomas Eakins (1844–1916) was an American painter in Philadelphia who studied anatomy and used photographs as working tools. Rowing, surgery, and portrait were subjects he wanted observed, not idealized.
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