The recent toppling of a string of powerful figures for sexual abuse and harassment raises the question of how these people managed to conceal their behavior so long, in some instances after abusing ...

One of the best American painters of the 19th century, Thomas Eakins, was an early adopter of photographic technology. It turned out to be professional suicide. Thomas Eakins was 35 years old in 1879 ...

PHILADELPHIA (RNS) No one is certain why renowned painter Thomas Eakins liked riding his bike to St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in the early 1900s. Was the Quaker-born painter, considered among the ...

Five paintings by the artist Thomas Eakins could be sold away from Philadelphia. St. Charles Borromeo Seminary of the Philadelphia Archdiocese plans to sell the portraits of early 20th century ...

Can the Archdiocese of Philadelphia sell a valuable Thomas Eakins painting of the late Monsignor Patrick J. Garvey, or should Garvey’s family be able to keep it on display at another religious ...

Thomas Eakins painted scenes from modern life at a time when modern life was evolving at a breathtaking pace. During Eakins' lifetime the United States doubled in physical size. The population of the ...

The Art Institute of Chicago collects, preserves, and interprets works of art of the highest quality, representing the world’s diverse artistic traditions, for the inspiration and education of the ...

Thomas Eakins' painting of a surgeon at work, one of the greatest U.S. art works of the 19th century, will remain in Philadelphia, officials said Thursday. Entertainment News // 1 decade ago Eakins' ...