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Thomas Eakins

1844–1916

Self-Portrait, 1889–1894.
Self-Portrait, 1889–1894.

Eakins studied art and anatomy in Philadelphia before training in France and Spain. His insistence on life study at the Pennsylvania Academy caused controversy; using a nude male model before a mixed class led to his resignation. Photography supported studies of movement and anatomy.

Works

The Chess Players — Thomas EakinsThomas Eakins

The Chess Players

The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull) — Thomas EakinsThomas Eakins

The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull)

The Dancing Lesson — Thomas EakinsThomas Eakins

The Dancing Lesson

The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake — Thomas EakinsThomas Eakins

The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake

Sources

Thomas Eakins · Gift of Mimi and Ariel Halpern, 1985 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0 / Public Domain Portrait source · Licence