The Swimming Hole

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The Swimming Hole is an 1880s realist painting by American artist Thomas Eakins that depicts nude male figures bathing and diving in a rural lakeside setting, celebrated for its anatomical precision and exploration of masculinity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
realist painting
alsoKnownAs Swimming
The Swimming Hole (Eakins)
artHistoricalSignificance important example of male nude in American art
major work of American realism
artistNationality American
artStyle realism
collection Amon Carter Museum of American Art
compositionFeature carefully studied anatomy
multiple figures in varied poses
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Thomas Eakins
depicts bathing
diving
natural landscape
nude male figures
reflections in water
rocky shoreline
rural lakeside setting
trees along water’s edge
genre realism
hasColorPalette earth tones
naturalistic colors
hasInfluenceOn later representations of the male body in American art
hasMedium canvas
oil paint
hasPart diving figure
dog on bank
figures in water
seated figure drying himself
inception 1884
languageOfWork none
location Amon Carter Museum of American Art
madeByPainter Thomas Eakins
mainSubject male nude
outdoor recreation
movement Realism
surface form: American realism
notableFor anatomical precision
exploration of masculinity
originalTitle Swimming
painter Thomas Eakins
partOf Thomas Eakins’s series of works on sport and the body
theme athleticism
male camaraderie
masculinity
timePeriodDepicted late 19th century

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Thomas Eakins notableWork The Swimming Hole