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 exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. 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
- Exhibition poster of a Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1871)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- living room, study or library, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
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
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.


































