Thomas Anshutz 1851 —1912

A native of Newport, Kentucky, Thomas Anshutz (born 1851) was a portrait, figuratice, and landscape painter.  He was known primarily for his paintings of female figures, usually isolated in a contemplative or coquettish pose. However, his most famous canvas is atypical of his work and was an industrial genre piece titled "Iron Workers at Noontime," completed in 1882.  The piece clearly anticipates Realism, where working class men are shown in their everyday life.  

He became a long-time teacher at the Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts and had the dark palette and realistic approach to figure painting of his teacher, Thomas Eakins.  Anschutz arrived in New York in 1873 to study at the National Academy of Design under Lemuel Wilmarth. Two years later, he continued his studies at the Pennsylvania Academy under Thomas Eakins and Christian Schussele, and in 1881, joined the Academy faculty as a replacement for Eakins who was fired for using nude models in female student classes. However, Anschutz kept in the curriculum the emphasis on anatomy in the tradition of Eakins. In 1909, he became Head of the Pennsylvania Academy.  Anshutz’ students included several painters who would become known as the Ashcan School: Robert Henri, George Luks, William Glackens, John Sloan, and Everett Shinn. Among his other notable students were Charles Demuth, John Marin, Arthur B. Carles, Paul-Jean Martel, Charles Sheeler[3] and Albert Laessle[4].

In 1885, Anshutz went to Paris to the Academie Julian and then returned to the Pennsylvania Academy faculty for the remainder of his active career. He was regarded as a solid painter who did major studies for each canvas. Noted students were Robert Henri, John Sloan, George Luks, William Glackens and Daniel Garber.  In addition to oils, Anschutz also produced watercolor pieces that show an interest in light and color, often done on travel. He died in 1912 after a long and prosperous career as a professor and working artist. 

The Thomas Anshutz papers are at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.  Works by the artist are in museums worldwide including: Brooklyn Museum of Art; Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh/Carnegie; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Metr opolitan Museum of Art; Minnesota Museum of American Art;  Newark Museum;  Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Philadelphia Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Wichita Art Museum; The Wadsworth Atheneum; and  The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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