100 Great Artists

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THOMAS EAKINS

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The Fainnm Rogers Four_in_hmd (d","il) (/879)

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Mttybrid§)-Ix",< p/Mtoffapbr tbat b. " ,,:rud Enkim', patron, P"irman RiJgn' "'aT

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L

ea<ling Amcric~n Rc:llist, Thomos

E~kins t",in"l in Eu",p" in the Ia",

1860s hut ,tid no. ,'rn'ure ~hr'"td again.

lie w .. s inlL"n,i,cly o,,,,upi,,] fo. a d=de fr' .l1

1876 , tcaching. t the PcnIlSJi,'.ni:t Ac:ld"",), of

Fine Ans, Ia",r bec<Mlling ",,,,,,II Dirccto ...

E.kins was harshly cri.ici",] during his

tCJlurc fo .. his inm"'",i,,, .eaching m .... hods. lie

in.>i"ed i. ".,,, 1><:<. ~Jr his srudents tt, wo .. k fr,."

from dissectinn: .nd to oh"'n'e moti,., I",

w.tching a.hletics. He want"l.h<"Jl' to describe

rcalitl' without .he int""""ntion of """,kmic or

foshion.ble li>rmulas. This appruach, he

helie,,,d, led .n 'rti" dircct]l' nJ the interior

rc:llities nf hum.n ch"'''''ter, Con.«:q""ndl" a

the sitter. Eakins p,id highll' for his

rc.'olutioMI)' principles. lie w.s forced to

rc';gn fro", the Ac:ld""l' in 1 886 for Ilrest".ing

a "'JI"I~c",ll' naked m .. le mudd to • mixed·

gend"r life class.

Fru", the 188(1s, E.kins worled wi.h

I"'otography, OS insp',...;nn, OS.n an ~ln", and

li>r .",<ing project"l images Onto L'annS, ,\10"

importantly. he ,upLTl'i",d • 1 1<'*'" for the

imprOl"d c:lmcr~ in colhl."a.inn wi.h

Eadwcard Mu}'llridgc, who pion""rcd motion

picbJrc<, Ill' mc:lllS of a re",l,ing did Ol"r the

lens, i. made """",I exp'.<;ures On a single dry

I~a"', thcrcb)' rc"" .. ding "'qumti .. 1 im.ges of

athk~es in action,

p<.O".",it should h" p"n .... nting, not nat",ring, E~kins's compo';te pl.tc< insp,rcd

ahh,.,gh i. should ne",.. sacrifice the dignitl' of D""han~"s N!Uk iJ<Jcmding a Srairam,