Eakins Era! - Exhibitions at The Philadelphia Sketch Club

Eakins Exhibiton Catalog Cover - detail of an oil by Peter Frederick Rothermal - 1895 - Eakins contemporary

Thomas Eakins and his Fellow Artists at the Philadelphia Sketch Club
Gallery Hours:1 PM to 5 PM Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through November 25th 2001

Eakins Era!

Thomas Eakins and his Fellow Artists at the Philadelphia Sketch Club

Late 19th century; an exciting time to be an artist at the Philadelphia Sketch Club over on Camac Street.

Now it all comes to life again, as the club presents an exhibition of paintings, sculpture, prints, and memorabilia. With over 140 works by Eakins and friends, this is a show you can't miss.

Artists such as Rothermel, Anshutz, Pennell, Frost, Wagner, the Morans and Bensells, as well as other great artists of the times are all here.
Please put October 21st, the opening and reception at the Sketch Club on your calendar now. Its an unforgettable show.

Gallery Hours: 1 PM to 5 PM Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

There is a modest charge of only $5.00

For information about group tours call 215-545-9298

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More information about the Eakins Show

Enlarged view of Eakins Show Catalog (front cover)

Enlarged view of Eakins Show Catalog (inside cover)

Front cover of the Eakins Show Catalog

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Inside cover of the Eakins Show Catalog

More Show News

“Thomas Eakins and his Fellow Artists at the Philadelphia Sketch Club” promises to be unique, exciting, and most significant. The show will consist of paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture and photographs created by Thomas Eakins and his contemporaries at the Sketch Club. This exhibition will run from October 14th to November 18th. ... ...
Please join us for all the festivities and the exuberance of this significant event!
– Steve Iwanczuk, Chairman, Exhibitions Committee

The exhibition “Thomas Eakins and His Fellow Artists at the Philadelphia Sketch Club” ... ...will be one of the most important exhibitions ever held at the Sketch Club. It will complement the Eakins exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Susan MacDowell Eakins exhibition at Woodmere, and the Eakins drawings exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. It will feature works by Eakins, Anshutz, Pennell, Frost, the Bensells, the Morans, and a host of other Sketch Club related artists from the Eakins era. Don’t miss out on seeing this important event.
– Bill Patterson, President

Late-Breaking News!
This just in: Thomas Eakins’ “Portrait of the Rt. Rev. John J. Fedigan, 1902,” a major work (according to the artist himself), will be part of our “Thomas Eakins and His Fellow Artists at the Philadelphia Sketch Club” Exhibition! This oil has not been exhibited publicly since he painted it for the Augustinian Order at what was then Villanova College 99 years ago! The large work measuring nearly 8' x 4' feet will be accompanied by a catalogue essay by Sketch Club Friend Dr. Mark Sullivan, recounting Eakins’ own claim that this was indeed one of his finest works. ...
...Welcome home, Tom!
– Don Meyer, Chairman, Exhibitions Committee

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The Philadelphia Sketch Club, 235 S. Camac St. (between 12th & 13th, Locust & Spruce Sts)
is located in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA. 215-545-9298.