The Swimming Hole (with Sketches and Studies)

The Swimming Hole (also known as Swimming and The Old Swimming Hole) is an 188485 painting by the American artist Thomas Eakins (18441916), Goodrich catalog #190, in the collection of the Amon Carter Museum inFort Worth, Texas. Executed in oil on canvas, it depicts six men swimming naked in a lake, and is considered a masterpiece of American painting.According to art historian Doreen Bolger it is "perhaps Eakins' most accomplished rendition of the nude figure",and has been called "the most f...