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Thomas Eakins

1844

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationArtsy· 85%
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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_2020.20.63.17
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins was an American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important American artists.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (17)

Portrait of Mary Adeline Williams

1899 · Oil on canvas

61 × 50.8 cm (24 × 20 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Riter Fitzgerald

1895 · Oil on canvas

193.7 × 163.2 cm (76 1/4 × 64 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Crowell Children at Avondale

1885 · platinum print

Image: 9 x 11.2 cm (3 9/16 x 4 7/16 in.); Paper: 9.1 x 11.3 cm (3 9/16 x 4 7/16 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Two Pupils in Greek Dress

1883 · Platinum print

36.8 x 26.7 cm. (14 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spinning

1882 · Painted plaster

47 × 38.2 cm (18 1/2 × 15 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Knitting

1882 · Painted plaster

47 × 38.2 cm (18 1/2 × 15 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

[Thomas Eakins and John Laurie Wallace on a Beach]

1882 · Platinum print

25.5 x 20.4 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.), irregular

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Arcadia

1880 · Oil on canvas

38 5/8 x 45 in. (98.1 x 114.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Dancing Lesson

1878 · Watercolor on off-white wove paper

18 1/16 x 22 9/16 in. (45.9 x 57.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Photographs of a Standing Male Nude Model ("Joseph Smith")

1878 · albumen prints from glass negatives

Image: 8.2 x 2.9 cm (3 1/4 x 1 1/8 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Zither Player

1876 · Watercolor on cream wove paper

29.8 × 25.2 cm (11 3/4 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for "William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River"

1876 · Oil on canvas mounted on board

35.9 × 28.6 cm (14 1/8 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Study for Artist and His Father Hunting Reed-Birds

1873 · Graphite and pen and black ink, with brush and gray wash, on cream wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake

1873 · oil on canvas

Framed: 117 x 167 x 6.5 cm (46 1/16 x 65 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 101.3 x 151.4 cm (39 7/8 x 59 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull)

1871 · Oil on canvas

32 1/4 x 46 1/4 in. (81.9 x 117.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Street Scene in Seville

1870 · Oil on canvas

62 3/4 × 42 in. (159.4 × 106.7 cm) Framed: 70 1/2 × 50 in. (179.1 × 127 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Carmelita Requena

1869 · Oil on canvas

21 x 17 in. (53.3 x 43.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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17 published of 17 catalogued · 16 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake
1873 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Crowell Children at Avondale
1885 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Photographs of a Standing Male Nude Model ("Joseph Smith")
1878 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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