Art Institute of Chicago
Riter Fitzgerald
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)LinkedCulture matchlcp-d878681cec91
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Culture
- Philadelphia
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 72864
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Riter Fitzgerald—the art, music, and literary critic for the Philadelphia Evening Item —championed Thomas Eakins’s work and publicly defended the artist when his teaching methods proved controversial. Eakins’s portrait of the journalist is informed by Fitzgerald’s open-minded opinions, his appreciation of diverse art forms, and his commitment to intellectual life. Comfortably seated in his book-lined library, Fitzgerald is portrayed as a genteel man who enjoys a leisurely, yet contemplative lifestyle. With an open book in his lap, he thoughtfully gazes into the distance, peacefully lost in the realm of ideas.
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- Credit line
- Friends of American Art Collection; Goodman Fund
- Provenance
- Riter Fitzgerald, Philadelphia, from 1895 to 1911; Geraldine Hubbard (Mrs. Jacob K. Spare), Philadelphia, from 1911 to 1930; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, from 1930 to 1950; M. Knoedler and Company, New York City, 1950; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1950.
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- Object type
- AAT300033618
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