American Art Back of Male Torso (Anatomical Cast) Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America1880 (cast 1930) Thomas Eakins, American, 1844 - 1916 Bronze Currently not on view 1944-35-13 Gift of R. Sturgis and Marion B. F. Ingersoll, 1944 |
LabelAs a teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Eakins insisted on intensive study of anatomy and oversaw dissections to accompany lectures on artistic anatomy delivered by Dr. W. W. Keen. Because cadavers were perishable, Eakins and his students also made casts of the dissected body parts to be used as reference tools in the classrooms and studios. |
