Susan Macdowell Eakins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Susan Macdowell Eakins

American photographer

Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1851

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 27-Dec-1938

Profession: photographer, painter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Susan Hannah Macdowell Eakins (September 21, 1851 – December 27, 1938) was an American painter and photographer.
Her works were first shown at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where she was a student.
She won the Mary Smith Prize there in 1879 and Charles Toppan prize in 1882.
One of her teachers was artist Thomas Eakins, who later became her husband.
She made portrait and still life paintings.
She was also known of her photography.
After her husband died in 1916, Eakins became a prolific painter.
Her works were exhibited in group exhibitions in her lifetime, but her first solo exhibition was held after she died.



Alternative names	Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins; Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins; C.D. Cook; Eakins
Description	American painter, aquarellist, sculptor and photographer
Date of birth/death	25 July 1844	25 June 1916
Location of birth/death	Philadelphia	Philadelphia
Work location	Philadelphia (ca. 1860–1916), Paris (1866–1870), Netherlands
Authority control	: Q214905 VIAF: 2478911 ISNI: 0000 0001 2117 8690 ULAN: 500115198 LCCN: n80061185 NLA: 35053200 WorldCat