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Artist:Thomas Eakins
Medium: Video
Running Time: 55 minutes
Produced By: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Item #: 5986
Name: A Motion Portrait
Price: $39.95

About this video...
A painter of nudes who demanded respect for the entire human body, Thomas Eakins flouted the conventions of Victorian society. Shot in Philadelphia, this program combines dramatic sequences with archival footage, still photographs, and interviews to give a touching portrait of a man who was not recognized as one of America's greatest painters until many years after his death in l 916. Kevin Conway portrays Eakins; Sam Waterston narrates.