As a teacher, he was both admired and condemned for his radical beliefs, particularly his emphasis o

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As a teacher, he was both admired and condemned
for his radical beliefs, particularly his
emphasis on anatomical dissection and the study
of the nude.
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Thomas Eakins, Home Scene, 1870-1871
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Thomas Eakins, The Pair-Oared Shell, 1872
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Thomas Eakins, John Biglin in a Single Scull,
1873-1874
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Thomas Eakins, Sketch for The Gross Clinic, 1875
(r)Thomas Eakins, Portrait of Professor Rand,
1874 (l)
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Thomas Eakins, The Gross Clinic, 1875
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Thomas Eakins, The Swimming Hole, 1883-85
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All the sciences are done in a simple way in
mathematics, the complicated things are reduced
to the simple things. So it is in painting. You
reduce the whole thing to simple factors you
establish these and work out from them, pushing
them toward one another. This will make strong
work. --Thomas Eakins
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Thomas Eakins, Professor Henry A. Rowland, 1897
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Thomas Eakins, William H. MacDowell, 1898 (l) and
Susan MacDowell Eakins, Two Sisters, 1879 (r)