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Thomas Eakins, the great realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and instructor, is closely associated with Philadelphia. But he also spent time in another northeastern state ...

Among the masters represented by the show’s 100 works are Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, William Merritt Chase, John Singer Sargent, Richard Estes, Lois Dodd, Andrew Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish, Cecilia Beaux, and Wayne Thiebaud.

Historical master Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) used oil sketches both in his studio practice and as a teaching tool at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The institution is now offering a great exhibition featuring artworks by alumni and faculty that provides insight into the efficacy and practice of oil sketches, highlighting Eakins’ influence.

Experts have come to acknowledge this artist as one of the leaders of late 19th-century America’s trompe l’oeil movement.

The art conservation panel includes representatives from the Kimbell, the Met, the Fine Art Museum of San Francisco, and Princeton.

This collection spotlights both well-known names and traditionally underrepresented artists, posing questions about what it has meant to be an American artist over two centuries.

A shared passion for researching the life and art of Jean-Léon Gérôme, and the lessons that can be learned 150 years later.

Celebrating the spirit of exploration and expeditionary journal-painting, this exhibition presents historic images in conversation with contemporary river artists.

Robinson’s work combines traditional methods, but in a thoroughly modern way. See a preview of his new exhibition here.

Important works by some of America’s greatest 19th- and early 20th-century painters feature during an exhibition that celebrates artists’ captivation with hunting and fishing.