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Thomas Eakins

1844 - 1916

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Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins (; July 25, 1844 – June 25, 1916) was an American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important American artists. For the length of his professional career, from the early 1870s 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 several hundred portraits, usually of friends, family members, or prominent people in the arts, sciences, medicine, and clergy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Eakins is the 648th most popular painter (up from 672nd in 2019), the 2,451st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,141st in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Thomas Eakins ranks 648 out of 2,023. Before him are Francesco Francia, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Konstantin Makovsky, Alonso Sánchez Coello, Pieter van Laer, and Sophie Gengembre Anderson. After him are Jan Kupecký, Peter Snayers, Joos van Cleve, Agnolo Gaddi, Michael Sittow, and Francesco Solimena.

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Among people born in 1844, Thomas Eakins ranks 37. Before him are Henry J. Heinz, Karl Lueger, George W. De Long, Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Saitō Hajime, and Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon. After him are Minna Canth, Mihály Munkácsy, Victorine Meurent, Louis Riel, Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Vasily Polenov. Among people deceased in 1916, Thomas Eakins ranks 57. Before him are Antonio Sant'Elia, Joseph Gallieni, Hetty Green, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Fredrik Idestam, and Ōyama Iwao. After him are Max Immelmann, Paolo Tosti, Oswald Boelcke, Herbert Kilpin, Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, and Petar Kočić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Eakins ranks 2,451 out of 20,380. Before him are Christopher Jones (1941), Robert Trump (1948), Ted Turner (1938), Jessica Chastain (1977), Dan Reynolds (1987), and John Cusack (1966). After him are Vera Wang (1949), Jeff Kinney (1971), Marg Helgenberger (1958), Stephen Smale (1930), Robert C. Merton (1944), and Dean Koontz (1945).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Thomas Eakins ranks 21. Before him are John La Farge (1835), Frank Stella (1936), Dorothea Tanning (1910), Helen Frankenthaler (1928), Will Sampson (1933), and Sol LeWitt (1928). After him are Cindy Sherman (1954), Margaret Keane (1927), Jasper Johns (1930), Andrew Wyeth (1917), John Sloan (1871), and Julian Schnabel (1951).

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