The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull)
1871 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Thomas Eakins (1844–1916)
- Year
- 1871
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 81.9 × 117.5 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Movement
- Realism
Max Schmitt, a champion oarsman and Eakins's school friend, rests his oars on the still Schuylkill River in Philadelphia on an autumn afternoon, with the Girard Avenue and Connecting Railroad bridges behind him. Eakins painted himself rowing away in the second scull, his name on the boat's stern. It was the first of his rowing pictures, made the year after he came home from Paris, and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A calm river scene in autumn gold and blue for a study, living room or boathouse in a dark wood frame. It is the classic gift for a rower and pairs with The Biglin Brothers Racing.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1871)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- living room, study or library, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 18×12, 24×16 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or dark wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
