Thomas Eakins

He mainly painted portraits of his friends family and people of the arts, science, medicine and clergy He showed the intellectual life of Philadelphia. Painting outside let him paint the subjects he was most inspired by; the nude or light clad figure in motion. He was an art painter and was greatly inspired by his art classes.

Some more of Eakins art!

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/eapa/hd_eapa.htm

This link shows some of Eakins paintings and you can tell just how different his art was from the time period that he created it in

“I never knew of but one artist, and this is Tom Eakins, who could resist the temptation to see what they think ought to be rather than what is.” – Walt Whitman

Thomas Eakins was rejected by the public and the art district but after his death his art attracted the attention of a new generation who become very interested in it and he was then recognized as one of Americas greatest painters.