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          Thomas Eakins

          American artist (–)

          Thomas Eakins

          Eakins' Self portrait, now housed at the National Academy of Design in New York City

          Born

          Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins


          ()July 25,

          Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

          DiedJune 25, () (aged&#;71)

          Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

          NationalityAmerican
          EducationPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, École des Beaux-Arts
          Known&#;forPainting, sculpture
          Notable work
          MovementRealism
          AwardsNational Academician

          Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins (; July 25, &#;– June 25, ) was an American realist painter, photographer,[1] sculptor, and fine arts educator.

          He is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important American artists.[2][3]

          For the length of his professional career, from the early s until his health began to fail some 40 years later, Eakins worked exactingly from life, choosing as his subject the people of his hometown of Philadelphia.

          He painted severa