Talk:Thomas Eakins
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[edit] Phrase
This phrase:
The Gross Clinic is impressive for its ambition as well as its subject, that of a renowned Philadelphia surgeon, Dr. Samuel Gross, presiding over an operation to remove part of a diseased bone from a patient's thigh.
conflicts somewhat with the The Gross Clinic page, which states a tumour is being removed. Whichever it is (I dunno and don't care, so I leave it up to the Art History Majors here at Wikipedia), they should match for continuity's sake. 82.93.133.130 22:53, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
- The website for Jefferson Medical College, long-time owner of the painting, refers to the removal of diseased bone as the subject of the operation portrayed. JNW 04:42, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
- Recent news of the painting's sale on November 11, 2006 added. Plus, and I hope it isn't a problem, the end result was his artwork, not photographs, so I replaced the photo study of the jumper in motion (a few photographers did such studies back then) with a very beautiful portrait of Maud Cook he did in 1895. All in all, Eakins was simply an outstanding artist.Carajou 03:42, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] first heading on article
It looks like someone has deliberately step into this article and the first heading that is shown is "He was gay!" with a perhaps irrelevant sentence; i reverted some changes for this reason; it is just not in a formal tone; such titles or the description of his works are absolutely indecent, especially if this is to be found in an encyclopedia or just not expressed in the right manner.
150.176.93.182 01:53, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Philly Wikiproject rating
The article has a good overview of Eakins life, but lacks references, which is particularily problematic when discussing his work. Medvedenko 00:26, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Expansion
I am expanding this article--so far have added to youth, early career, and teaching, and will continue with photography, portraits, legacy, and, in time, am planning to add a heading for figure work (boxers, wrestlers, swimmers, female nudes). JNW 17:32, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Enough for now. JNW 02:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
- Still needs a passage on sculpture. JNW 13:30, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
- The article has improved greatly, good work. It's great to see. I think to be considered A-Class the introduction needs to be expanded according to Wikipedia:Lead section. When you have the time, can you include your book sources' ISBN and cite websites in a proffesional format. (as seen at Wikipedia:Citation templates). Medvedenko 19:36, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
It's great that you added so much JNW, but this expansion relies almost entirely on the work of Lloyd Goodrich's very outdated biography - much work has been done since then - three or four biographies, two published very recently, including one which demonstrated that Goodrich repressed a lot of information. I thought I'd put the newer biogrpahies (by Adams & Kirkpatrick) on the further reading section last fall? And references to scholarship on sexuality too? Weren't they also there at some point? The text about those conversations is still in the main body (which is great). We need contributions from others, to even out the tone and blend of sources, no? Judyholliday 18:52, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
- Indeed, your contributions to 'further reading' last year were deleted by a vandal. I see now that I reverted their vulgarisms, and did not notice the further damage that had been done. Thanks for restoring the references. Granted, I relied heavily on Goodrich's biography. His access to Eakins' widow and friends, and his general perceptiveness of Eakins' qualities, make his scholarship, if flawed, the touchstone for subsequent studies. When expanding the article I did want to take care not to delete the material on his personal life, and sought to add to it by giving some account of sexual scandal and inappropriate behavior, without having it take over the article. JNW 21:54, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
