About the Author

Sidney D. Kirkpatrick is a critically acclaimed author and award-winning documentary film producer. His most recent book is Edgar Cayce, An American Prophet.

Reviews

"A novel biography of one of America's most important nineteenth-century artists. Kirkpatrick recreates Eakins's world, fleshing out the cultural and physical context that makes that life understandable to twenty-first century readers. Not content to retell either the familiar narrative of the artist as the beleaguered, innocent victim of prudish Philadelphia or as the disturbed and self-destructive provocateur, Kirkpatrick presents a driven and sympathetic artist who possessed tragic flaws." Martin Berger, University of California at Santa Cruz
--Martin Berger"

"Kirkpatrick heartily serves the reader a rich broth of artistic, historical, and scientific ideas in Eakins's Philadelphia. Astutely illuminates the creative circumstances behind Eakins's masterpieces. Fresh and rewarding." Linda Kay Zoeckler, former Head, Huntington Art Reference Library
--Linda Kay Zoeckler"

"Kirkpatrick is a historical detective who unravels the mesmerizing story of the rise, fall, and revenge of Thomas Eakins. He writes in an artful, absorbing style; you will not be able to put down this gripping biography." Ronald C. White, Jr., author of "The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words"
--Ronald C. White"

"Mr. Kirkpatrick is relentless in investing his subject with a pathos and grandeur that only the finest biographies attain." Carl Rollyson, "New York"" Sun" --Carl Rollyson "New York Sun ""

"Riveting and eloquent the definitive Eakins biography for this generation. Kirkpatrick reveals the artist in all his brilliant diversity. Here we have the uncompromising master who pioneered American realism, and paid the price for offending the sensibilities of his fickle generation." Edward J. Renehan Jr., author of "Dark Genius of Wall Street"
--Edward J. Renehan Jr."

"Sidney Kirkpatrick's masterful and thoroughly compelling biography ofThomas Eakins is rich with fresh insights and new understandings of an artist who may well be America's finest. Eakins is illuminated in these pages as a man dedicated to his artistic vision despite the myopia of the Victorian era from which he emerged. Kirkpatrick reveals Eakins as brave and lonely, wise and fallible, daring yet focused not only a majestic figure of his time, but for all time." Digby Diehl
--Digby Diehl"

"The strongest and most poignant work on Eakins, replete with surprises, that shows why Eakins has less in common with Sargent, who satisfied socialite portrait clients, and more with Rembrandt and da Vinci, who removed veils from the outer and inner lives of centuries past and far into the future." Peter Nelson, Art Center College of Design --Peter Nelson"

Kirkpatrick brings Eakins to life as a breathing, sweating, prickly and fascinating man, one a wide audience will appreciate. . . Roberta Fallon, "Philadelphia"" Weekly" --Roberta Fallon "Philadelphia Weekly ""

"Kirkpatrick brings Eakins to life as a breathing, sweating, prickly and fascinating man, one a wide audience will appreciate. . . "--Roberta Fallon, "Philadelphia"" Weekly" --Roberta Fallon "Philadelphia Weekly "

"Mr. Kirkpatrick is relentless in ... investing his subject with a pathos and grandeur that only the finest biographies attain."--Carl Rollyson, "New York"" Sun" --Carl Rollyson "New York Sun "

"Riveting and eloquent--the definitive Eakins biography for this generation. Kirkpatrick reveals the artist in all his brilliant diversity. Here we have the uncompromising master who pioneered American realism, and paid the price for offending the sensibilities of his fickle generation."--Edward J. Renehan Jr., author of "Dark Genius of Wall Street"

--Edward J. Renehan Jr.

"A novel biography of one of America''s most important nineteenth-century artists. Kirkpatrick recreates Eakins''s world, fleshing out the cultural and physical context that makes that life understandable to twenty-first century readers. Not content to retell either the familiar narrative of the artist as the beleaguered, innocent victim of prudish Philadelphia or as the disturbed and self-destructive provocateur, Kirkpatrick presents a driven and sympathetic artist who possessed tragic flaws."--Martin Berger, University of California at Santa Cruz

--Martin Berger

"Sidney Kirkpatrick''s masterful and thoroughly compelling biography of Thomas Eakins is rich with fresh insights and new understandings of an artist who may well be America''s finest. Eakins is illuminated in these pages as a man dedicated to his artistic vision despite the myopia of the Victorian era from which he emerged. Kirkpatrick reveals Eakins as brave and lonely, wise and fallible, daring yet focused--not only a majestic figure of his time, but for all time."--Digby Diehl




--Digby Diehl

"Award-winning filmmaker and best-selling author Kirkpatrick tells the story of Eakins's turbulent career with dramatic flair."

"Kirkpatrick gives Eakins convincing depth that reminds readers of the ways biography can enhance appreciation of art."--"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)

"Award-winning filmmaker and best-selling author Kirkpatrick tells the story of Eakins's turbulent career with dramatic flair. "

" Award-winning filmmaker and best-selling author Kirkpatrick tells the story of Eakins' s turbulent career with dramatic flair. "

" Kirkpatrick brings Eakins to life as a breathing, sweating, prickly and fascinating man, one a wide audience will appreciate. . . " -- Roberta Fallon, "Philadelphia"" Weekly"

"Riveting and eloquent-- the definitive Eakins biography for this generation. Kirkpatrick reveals the artist in all his brilliant diversity. Here we have the uncompromising master who pioneered American realism, and paid the price for offending the sensibilities of his fickle generation."-- Edward J. Renehan Jr., author of "Dark Genius of Wall Street"