Thomas Eakins
Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins was an American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important American artists.
Background
- Born in
- Philadelphia
- Educated at
- Beaux-Arts de ParisPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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"On the lines of the mighty and simple strains dominating the movement, and felt intuitively and studied out by him, the master artist groups with full intention, his muscular forms. No detail contradi…"
"Selections from the Seymour Adelman collection, 1845–1958 features a collection of documents relating to Eakins and his family from the Archives of American Art"
"I have seen big painting here. When I had looked at all the paintings by all the masters I had known I could not help saying to myself all the time, it's very pretty but it's not all yet. It ought to …"
"As some of you know, I some years ago — a few — painted a picture of Mr. Whitman. I began in the usual way, but soon found that the ordinary methods wouldn't do — that technique, rules and traditions …"
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Timeline
1844
Born
Birth1916
Died
Death
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