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 NERFINISHED
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 of America
surface form: United States
creator Thomas Eakins NERFINISHED
depicts Thomas Eakins NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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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The Swimming Hole alsoKnownAs The Swimming Hole (Eakins)