Thomas Eakins
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Thomas Eakins was a pioneering American realist painter, photographer, and influential art teacher known for his unflinching depictions of everyday life and the human figure.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Eakins canonical | 23 |
| Eakins | 2 |
| Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T155904 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Thomas Eakins Context triple: [Art Students League of New York, notableFaculty, Thomas Eakins]
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William Morris Hunt
William Morris Hunt was a prominent 19th-century American painter known for introducing the Barbizon school style to the United States and for his influential role in Boston’s art scene.
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John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent was a prominent American expatriate painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his virtuoso portraiture and refined, cosmopolitan style.
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C.
Eastman Johnson
Eastman Johnson was a prominent 19th-century American painter, often called the “American Rembrandt,” known for his genre scenes and portraits that captured everyday life and notable figures of his time.
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Thomas Hart Benton
Thomas Hart Benton was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Missouri known for his long tenure, staunch Unionism, and politically courageous stands that later earned him a place in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
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E.
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue was a prominent American architect known for his influential Gothic Revival and early modern designs, including major churches, public buildings, and monuments in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Thomas Eakins Target entity description: Thomas Eakins was a pioneering American realist painter, photographer, and influential art teacher known for his unflinching depictions of everyday life and the human figure.
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A.
William Morris Hunt
William Morris Hunt was a prominent 19th-century American painter known for introducing the Barbizon school style to the United States and for his influential role in Boston’s art scene.
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B.
John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent was a prominent American expatriate painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his virtuoso portraiture and refined, cosmopolitan style.
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C.
Eastman Johnson
Eastman Johnson was a prominent 19th-century American painter, often called the “American Rembrandt,” known for his genre scenes and portraits that captured everyday life and notable figures of his time.
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D.
Thomas Hart Benton
Thomas Hart Benton was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Missouri known for his long tenure, staunch Unionism, and politically courageous stands that later earned him a place in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
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E.
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue was a prominent American architect known for his influential Gothic Revival and early modern designs, including major churches, public buildings, and monuments in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art teacher
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painter ⓘ person ⓘ photographer ⓘ realist painter ⓘ |
| burialPlace | The Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart disease ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1844-07-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1916-06-25 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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École des Beaux-Arts ⓘ |
| employer | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ⓘ |
| familyName |
Thomas Eakins
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Eakins
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| fieldOfWork |
art education
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painting ⓘ photography ⓘ |
| fullName |
Thomas Eakins
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins
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| genre |
genre painting
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medical painting ⓘ portrait painting ⓘ sporting art ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
art teacher
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painter ⓘ photographer ⓘ |
| influenced |
American realist painters
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students at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French academic art
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Jean-Léon Gérôme ⓘ photographic motion studies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
realist depictions of everyday life
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unflinching depictions of the human figure ⓘ use of photography in painting practice ⓘ |
| movement | Realism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Between Rounds
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Max Schmitt in a Single Scull ⓘ The Agnew Clinic ⓘ Max Schmitt in a Single Scull ⓘ
surface form:
The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull)
The Gross Clinic ⓘ The Swimming Hole ⓘ William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| positionHeld |
director of schools at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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instructor at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Susan Macdowell Eakins ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| workLocation |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Referenced by (27)
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