Thomas Eakins
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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.
Eakins' 1902 Self portrait, now housed at the National Academy of Design in New York City
Eakins at age six
Thomas Eakins House at 1729 Mount Vernon Street, Philadelphia, in 1967. Benjamin Eakins, his father, added the 4th floor in 1874 as a studio for his son.
Max Schmitt in a Single Scull (1871), now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
Wrestlers (Eakins)
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Wrestlers is a name shared by three closely related 1899 paintings by American artist Thomas Eakins,. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art owns the finished painting, and the oil sketch. The Philadelp
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H-229. Photograph of wrestlers, attributed to Eakins (possibly May 22, 1899).
G-319. Unfinished version of Wrestlers (1899). 40 x 50 1/16 inches (101.6 x 127.2 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art.
G-318. Oil sketch for Wrestlers (1899). 16 1/16 x 20 1/16 in. (40.8 x 50.96 cm). Los Angeles County Museum of Art.