El campeón de piragua individual Max Schmitt

Thomas Eakins American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 763

Tras finalizar sus estudios en Europa, Eakins regresó a Filadelfia en 1870 y empezó una serie de pinturas de piraguas. Esta es la primera obra importante de la serie y la más lograda. Probablemente conmemora la victoria de Max Schmitt, abogado y talentoso remero aficionado, en una importante competición que se desarrolló en el río Schuylkill en octubre de 1870. Remero entusiasta, Eakins se representó a sí mismo en una piragua a media distancia y aplicó los principios académicos aprendidos de su principal maestro parisino, Jean-Léon Gérôme, para estructurar la composición.

The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), Thomas Eakins (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1844–1916 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Oil on canvas, American

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The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), Thomas Eakins (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1844–1916 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Oil on canvas, American
The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), Thomas Eakins (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1844–1916 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Oil on canvas, American
The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), Thomas Eakins (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1844–1916 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Oil on canvas, American

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