| Style | Realism |
| Lived | July 25, 1844 - June 25, 1916 ( 19th century ) |
| Nationality | USA |
| Biography |
Thomas Eakins Biography |
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Thomas Eakins prints and posters |
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| Paintings |
Thomas Eakins' most famous paintings are those with boat races such as 'John Biglin in a Single Scull', 'Sailboats Racing on the Delaware', 'Turning the Stake' and 'The Biglin Brothers Racing'. But he created other paintings as well, such as portraits of 'The Writing Master', 'Walt Whitman' and 'John McClure Hamilton'. Other subjects include landscapes, sports and domestic scenes.
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| Quote | "In mathematics the complicated things are reduced to simple things. So it is in painting."
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| Interesting |
Thomas Eakins is considered to be the best American painter of the 19th century and probably of all times as well.
Eakins also was a teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts but a controversy about his radical ideas (including those of insisting on using nude models) led to his forced resignation in 1886.
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Thomas Eakins at the Athenaeum - 101 paintings by Thomas Eakins.
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