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• The Eakins Legacy and Secret Life

  Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 22:13

  There is a legacy that Thomas Eakins fans should know about and it involves the secret life of Thomas Eakins. In this Portrait of Susan Macdowell Eakins (the wife of the artist), Eakins reveals his trademark approach to the face, one which leaves no ...

• Transportation by Train

  Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 22:12

  The steam locomotive has mystified generations of fans of this mode of transportation. The steam locomotive has fascinated families as well as individual collectors. The steam locomotive has made generations of boys and men aware of new heights in co...

• Eakins and His Niece

  Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 21:53

  Thomas Eakins and his niece had a strange yet famous relationship. They did not use any live chat software, however they could have had they lived today. Instead, Eakins is said to have caused his niece to commit suicide by attacking her and molestin...

• How to Please Your Portraitist

  Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 21:50

  The greatest painters realize that the human skin is one of the most deceptively easy things to paint and yet one of the most difficult to get right. If only models would use more wrinkle cream, they declaim. If only they would take better care of th...

• Roads to Eakins

  Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 21:47

  The Agnew Clinic by Thomas Eakins is a painting that undoubtedly contains hidden dimensions and meanings not apparent to the conscious mind of most viewers, yet which give the work some of its strange mystery and power. A new book about Eakins reveal...

• The Cars in My Dreams

  Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 21:43

  Every Mickey Spillane fan knows about cars. The faster the better. Some Ferrari parts might even be involved in the story. But Agatha Christie was also interested in cars, though not for the same reason. She usually wanted to go for a drive in the co...

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