Tour: Homer and Eakins: American Painters in the Late 1800s

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Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins are revered today for their insightful portrayals of Americans at work and play, often infused with multiple levels of meaning. Despite their mutual dedication to realism, the two had vastly different reputations in their own time.

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1	Albert Pinkham Ryder, Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens, 1888/1891
2	Thomas Eakins, The Biglin Brothers Racing, 1872
3	Thomas Eakins, Baby at Play, 1876
4	Thomas Eakins, Archbishop Diomede Falconio, 1905
5	Winslow Homer, Home, Sweet Home, c. 1863
6	Winslow Homer, Breezing Up (A Fair Wind), 1873-1876
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7	Winslow Homer, Hound and Hunter, 1892
8	Winslow Homer, Right and Left, 1909