The Swimming Hole (Eakins)

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The Swimming Hole (Eakins) is an 1880s realist painting by American artist Thomas Eakins depicting a group of nude male swimmers in a rural outdoor setting, celebrated for its naturalism and innovative composition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
realist painting ⓘ
artHistoricalContext American Realism ⓘ
linked to: Realism

late 19th-century American art ⓘ
colorPalette earth tones ⓘ
naturalistic flesh tones ⓘ
compositionCharacteristic careful anatomical rendering ⓘ
diagonal arrangement of figures ⓘ
strong use of light and shadow ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Thomas Eakins ⓘ
depicts Thomas Eakins ⓘ
dogs ⓘ
male camaraderie ⓘ
nude male figures ⓘ
outdoor swimming scene ⓘ
pond or swimming hole ⓘ
reflections in water ⓘ
rocky bank ⓘ
rural landscape ⓘ
genre figure painting ⓘ
genre painting ⓘ
hasPart self-portrait of Thomas Eakins as a swimmer ⓘ
hasPerspective slightly elevated viewpoint ⓘ
hasSubject friendship ⓘ
leisure ⓘ
masculinity ⓘ
the human body ⓘ
hasTechnique oil on canvas ⓘ
inception 1880s ⓘ
circa 1884 ⓘ
influencedBy Eakins’s interest in photography and motion studies ⓘ
languageOfWork none ⓘ
locationOfCreation Pennsylvania ⓘ
near Philadelphia ⓘ
mainSubject male bathers ⓘ
movement Realism ⓘ
notableFor detailed study of human anatomy ⓘ
homoerotic undertones ⓘ
informal outdoor setting ⓘ
innovative composition ⓘ
integration of figures and landscape ⓘ
naturalistic depiction of the male nude ⓘ
setting riverside or quarry-like swimming hole ⓘ
style naturalism ⓘ
realism ⓘ
timeOfDayDepicted daytime ⓘ

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