Artist

Thomas Eakins

born Philadelphia, PA 1844-died Philadelphia, PA 1916
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National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Also known as
  • Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins
  • Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins
Born
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Biography

Born in Philadelphia, lived mostly in that area. Painter, photographer, sculptor, and controversial teacher; he achieved greatness in psychologically astute portraits and in luminous outdoor scenes.

Charles Sullivan, ed American Beauties: Women in Art and Literature (New York: Henry N. Abrams, Inc., in association with National Museum of American Art, 1993)

Exhibitions

American ABC: Childhood in 19th-Century America
June 30, 2006September 16, 2006
"American ABC" demonstrates how portrayals of the nation's youngest citizens took on an important symbolic role in the United States’ long journey toward maturity and provides a window into the everyday life of the period—the world of families, children's
An oil on canvas of a man lifting a curtain into his museum
The Great American Hall of Wonders
July 14, 2011January 8, 2012
The exhibition The Great American Hall of Wonders examines the nineteenth-century American belief that the people of the United States shared a special genius for innovation.