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Birth
1844 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Death
1916 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Lived/Active
Pennsylvania
Self portrait -
Often Known For
figure, genre, portrait and marine painting, teaching
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Categories of Interest
New York Armory Show of 1913
Painters of Nudes
Olympic Artists
San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exhibition 1915
Paris Pre 1900
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| Born in Philadelphia, Thomas Eakins was a portrait and genre painter
whom many regard as the father of modern realism in American Art.
Embodying many of the ideals of advances in science, industry, and
technology of his time, he was an avid student of science and anatomy,
resulting in collisions with the moral boundaries of the Victorian
era. In his quest for anatomical accuracy in his work, Eakins was
a pioneer in his use of photography in art making, and established a
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