Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Thomas Eakins
Born: July 25, 1844
Died: June 25, 1916 (aged 71)
Bio: Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins was an American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important artists in American art history.
Known for:
- The Gross Clinic (1875)
- Max Schmitt in a Single Scull (1871)
- The Agnew Clinic (1889)
- Miss Amelia Van Buren (1891)
- The Chess Players (1876)