Thomas Pollock Anshutz

(1851–1912) American painter and teacher (1851-1912)

Thomas Pollock Anshutz (USA, 1851–1912) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a photographer. By year of birth, Thomas Pollock Anshutz belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Thomas Pollock Anshutz was born in Newport and died in Philadelphia. Thomas Pollock Anshutz trained at National Academy of Design, Philadelphia Sketch Club, and Académie Julian. The teachers included Lemuel Wilmarth and Thomas Eakins. Thomas Pollock Anshutz worked in Netherlands. Thomas Pollock Anshutz became a member of National Academy of Design and Philadelphia Sketch Club. The students included George Luks, Charles Demuth, John Sloan, and Charles Sheeler.

One of the best-known works is ‘The Ironworkers’ Noontime’. The works belong mainly to the genres marine art and landscape painting. The catalogue has 26 works by Thomas Pollock Anshutz with free images. The dated works span the years 1876–1909. Works by Thomas Pollock Anshutz are held by several collections, among them Smithsonian American Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Reading Public Museum, and Brooklyn Museum.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Ernst Josephson, Charles Sprague Pearce, Gustav Schönleber, J. Ottis Adams, and A. B. Frost.

• Post-Impressionism and Symbolism
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