July 25 - the birthday of Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) - American #realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator. Eakins was a controversial figure whose work received little recognition during his lifetime. Since his death, he has been celebrated by #American art historians as "the strongest, most profound realist in 19th- and early-20th-century American art".

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