Thomas Eakins

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art teacher painter person photographer realist painter

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.

Aliases (2)

Eakins ×1
Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art teacher → 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 → École des Beaux-Arts →
employer	Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts →
familyName	Eakins →
fieldOfWork	art education → painting → photography →
fullName	Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins →
genre	genre painting → medical painting → portrait painting → sporting art →
givenName	Thomas →
hasOccupation	art teacher → painter → photographer →
influenced	American realist painters → students at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts →
influencedBy	French academic art → Jean-Léon Gérôme → photographic motion studies →
knownFor	realist depictions of everyday life → unflinching depictions of the human figure → use of photography in painting practice →
movement	Realism →
notableWork	Between Rounds → Max Schmitt in a Single Scull → The Agnew Clinic → 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, Pennsylvania, United States →
placeOfDeath	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
positionHeld	director of schools at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts → instructor at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts →
primaryLanguage	English →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Susan Macdowell Eakins →
studiedIn	Paris, France →
workLocation	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Thomas Eakins ("Eakins") →	familyName
Thomas Eakins ("Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins") →	fullName
Eakins Oval →	namedAfter
Art Students League of New York →	notableFaculty
Léon Bonnat →	student
Alexander Stirling Calder →	studentOf