Some of his later work included portraits of Edith Mahon and his own wife, and his own self-portrait shows himself with a res
Some of his later work included portraits of Edith Mahon and his own wife, and his own self-portrait shows himself with a resigned face, in a warm light, dressed in a coat and tie. Unlike other American portraitists, he refused to flatter his clients in order to gain financial compensation, and for this he received meager funds in his lifetime. His most famous painting was sold for two hundred dollars to its namesake institution, after critics deemed as "unsightly" a bloodied hand of a surgeon. FTP, name this Pennsylvania born artist, most famous for "The Gross Clinic."
Some of his later work included portraits of Edith Mahon and his own wife, and his own self-portrait shows himself with a resigned face, in a warm light, dressed in a coat and tie.
Thomas {Eakins}