Portrait: The Life of Thomas Eakins
- ISBN-10
- 0393050653
- ISBN-13
- 9780393050653
- Category
- Painters
- Pages
- 237
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- William S. McFeely
Description
A critical study of the life and work of American painter Thomas Eakins examines his deeply perceptive paintings, including his extraordinary portraits, in light of the artist's own battle with depression and uncertainty over his sexual identity.
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