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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Sculpture
David Wilson Jordan
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Samuel Murray depicted David Wilson Jordan standing casually, with his left arm akimbo and his right leaning on a cane. Both Murray and Thomas Eakins (whose portrait of Jordan is to the right) portray Jordan as slightly aloof or haughty: Murray by tilting his head upward and Eakins by depicting him with his back toward the viewer.
Murray and Jordan were students of Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and probably met through him. Following Eakins's lead, Murray studied anatomy, even making casts of body parts to use as models while sculpting. Murray's commitment to realism is reflected in Jordan's detailed facial features, but also in less consequential aspects of the composition, such as the roll of the jacket lapels and the draping of the trousers.
Murray and Jordan were students of Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and probably met through him. Following Eakins's lead, Murray studied anatomy, even making casts of body parts to use as models while sculpting. Murray's commitment to realism is reflected in Jordan's detailed facial features, but also in less consequential aspects of the composition, such as the roll of the jacket lapels and the draping of the trousers.
