Selected Press Comments

"Speeth has lifted the horizon to the loftiest levels of

literary and artistic achievement-

and has made an exemplary success of it."

TIME MAGAZINE


"This ambitious, 35mm, color and B & W study of the famous American artist, ThomasEAKINS, is a refreshing and startling change from most art films dealing with the life and work of painters...The film never labors its points by excessive commentary or pretentious interpretations. It has a living human quality about it; a biographical study touching deeply on the complex nature of the man's life and work...every art gallery should have a print and ETV should welcome it." Gerald Pratley, Director, Ontario Film Institute from a review in VARIETY