Mending the Net
Thomas Eakins, American, 1844 - 1916
Geography:
Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1881Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
32 1/8 x 45 1/8 inches (81.6 x 114.6 cm)Curatorial Department:
American Art
1929-184-34Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Thomas Eakins and Miss Mary Adeline Williams, 1929
Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1881Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
32 1/8 x 45 1/8 inches (81.6 x 114.6 cm)Curatorial Department:
American Art
* Gallery 118, American Art, first floor (Provident National Bank Gallery)
Accession Number:1929-184-34Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Thomas Eakins and Miss Mary Adeline Williams, 1929
Label:
Over the landscape he had painted on his canvas, Eakins projected his selected photographic studies, one-by-one, to mark the positions and salient details of each figure or element of the composition. Oil sketches made on-site served as notes to indicate the original colors of every component. Toning glazes consolidated the whole into a thoroughly convincing scene of the awakening respect two children experienced before the quiet devotion of fishermen practicing their craft.
Over the landscape he had painted on his canvas, Eakins projected his selected photographic studies, one-by-one, to mark the positions and salient details of each figure or element of the composition. Oil sketches made on-site served as notes to indicate the original colors of every component. Toning glazes consolidated the whole into a thoroughly convincing scene of the awakening respect two children experienced before the quiet devotion of fishermen practicing their craft.
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