Collection: Thomas Pollock Anshutz

Thomas Pollock Anshutz (October 5, 1851 – June 16, 1912) was an American painter and teacher. Known for his portraiture and genre scenes, Anshutz was a co-founder of The Darby School. One of Thomas Eakins's most prominent students, he succeeded Eakins as director of drawing and painting classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

He studied under Lemuel Wilmarth and Thomas Eakins. Among his canonical works are The Ironworkers’ Noontime. He worked primarily in landscape painting and marine art. The work sits within the Art Deco & Interwar Modernism tradition, specifically the Ashcan School current.